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Insect Detective

Do you know your insects? We put your knowledge to the test for a chance to win one of five copies of Steve Voake's book Insect Detecive. We asked you to tell us which two of the following minibeasts were not insects. Did you get them right?

The answers. The minibeasts that are not insects appear in red.

 

Hummingbird hawkmoth - a type of moth

Common harvestman - this is an arachnid

Hornet - part of the bee and wasp family

Cockchafer - a large beetle

Scaret tiger - another moth

Water boatman - a water bug

Common earwig - insects with pincers on their bottoms

Garden snail - this is a mollusc

 

The winners.

 

Bethany Brown from Northamptonshire

Charlie Wadman (aged 6) from Somerset

Claire and Rachel Turner from Sheffield

Ethan Wild (aged 7) from Sheffield

Lily Higgins from the West Midlands