| Hint | Letter | Answer | % Correct |
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| Refers to a large group of invertebrates, such as centipedes, millipedes, crustaceans, and insects, characterized by their exoskeletons, jointed legs, and symmetrical, segmented bodies. | A | Arthropod | 100%
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| These soft beetles, also called lightning bugs, are known for their bioluminescence. | F | Firefly | 78%
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| A slender, delicate, metallic blue insect with two sets of wings, which lives near the water and feeds on mosquitoes. | D | Damselfly | 67%
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| These burrowing, segmented roundworms are commonly seen following a heavy rain, and play a major role in soil health as decomposers. They also have five hearts. | E | Earthworm | 67%
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| Some believe legends of the Kraken to have been inspired by this behemoth of the deep. | G | Giant squid | 67%
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| These small, sheimp-like crustaceans are a major food source of many different whale species. | K | Krill | 67%
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| These minuscule creatures sound phoenetically similar to a country in Asia. | L | Louse | 67%
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| These ancient creatures are over 400 million years old, and, despite their name, are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crabs. | H | Horseshoe crab | 56%
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| A cephalopod member of the above, with a large, chambered shell. | N | Nautilus | 56%
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| These small, pesky creatures, known for burrowing into decaying plant material, live underground and, with the exception of queens and kings, do not have eyes. | T | Termite | 56%
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| While this word originally referred to hedgehogs, it is now associated with a type of spiny, venomous sea creature. | U | Urchin | 56%
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| These long-nosed insects are notorious for infesting grains such as rice. | W | Weevil | 56%
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| A species of social wasps with yellow and black stripes, known for their aggression and tendency to sting. | Y | Yellowjacket | 56%
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| The larvae of geometer moths are commonly known as this, and are roughly 2.5cm long. | I | Inchworm | 44%
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| A phylum of aquatic animals that include oysters, clams, snails, and cephalopods. | M | Mollusca | 44%
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| A round, hard-shelled clam, which is the namesake of a fictional city in Rhode Island. | Q | Quahog | 44%
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| These marine invertebrates have a symbiotic relationship with animals such as clownfish, which are immune to their stings and find shelter in their many tentacles. | S | Sea anemone | 44%
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| This group of spiders is known for building large, intricate, circular webs, known as orb webs. | O | Orb-weaver spider | 33%
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| Easily mistaken for a jellyfish, these organisms are actually colonies of zooids, which work together to form an entity with a gas-filled float and venomous, stinging tentacles. | P | Portuguese man-o’-war | 33%
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| While these creatures, also known as pill bugs, appear insectoid, they are actually crustaceans. | R | Roly-poly | 33%
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| These small, red cephalopods have eight tentacles, connected by webbing, and is not a squid or octopus, but belongs to its own order, Vampyromorpha. | V | Vampire squid | 33%
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| These large, aggressive hornets have black and cream colored stripes, and often dwell in plants such as trumpet vines. | Z | Zebra hornet | 33%
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| A chemical reaction in this insect’s body lets it spray a boiling hot, caustic chemical spray from its abdomen as a defense mechanism against predators. | B | Bombardier beetle | 22%
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| The “cigarette snail”, an ornate snail species whose sting is so venomous, one only has time to smoke one last cigarette before they die, is a type of this predatory marine snail. | C | Cone snail | 22%
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| These metallic green and copper beetles are native to Asia, and have become a significant invasive species in the North American ecosystem. | J | Japanese beetle | 22%
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| The order of H, named for a Greek weapon. | X | Xiphosura | 22%
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