Insects are the most numerous animals on Earth, and the tiny mosquito is one of the most important to understand. These riddles cover insect body parts, familiar bugs from the garden and real facts about how mosquitoes find people and spread disease.
Each riddle has a different answer, so you will learn about antennae, spiracles, Aedes mosquitoes and the scientist who proved mosquitoes spread malaria.
Easy Insect Riddles for Kids
- I buzz in your ear at night and leave you with an itchy bump. What am I? 👉 A mosquito
- I am the itchy red bump a mosquito leaves behind. What am I? 👉 A mosquito bite
- I hang over your bed and keep biting bugs away while you sleep. What am I? 👉 A mosquito net
- You spray or rub me on your skin to keep bugs away. What am I? 👉 Insect repellent
- I am the number of legs every insect has. What am I? 👉 Six
- An insect’s body has three parts: the head, the thorax and me. What am I? 👉 The abdomen
- I am the two feelers on an insect’s head. What am I? 👉 Antennae
- I glow in the dark on summer nights. What am I? 👉 A firefly
- I started life as a caterpillar, and now I have colorful wings. What am I? 👉 A butterfly
- I chirp at night by rubbing my wings together. What am I? 👉 A cricket
- I am red with black spots, and gardeners love me. What am I? 👉 A ladybug
- I have a hard, shiny shell over my wings. What am I? 👉 A beetle
- I spin webs and have eight legs, so I am not an insect at all. What am I? 👉 A spider
- I dart over ponds on four see-through wings like a tiny helicopter. What am I? 👉 A dragonfly
Mosquito Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real science. The note after each answer explains it.
- Only these mosquitoes bite people, because they need blood to make eggs. Which ones? 👉 Female mosquitoes
- Mosquitoes find you by sensing this gas in your breath. What is it? 👉 Carbon dioxide
- Mosquitoes lay their eggs in this, so emptying it near your home helps. What is it? 👉 Still water
- Mosquito babies wiggle through the water and have this nickname. What is it? 👉 Wrigglers
- Anopheles mosquitoes spread this serious disease. What is it? 👉 Malaria
- In 1897 I proved that mosquitoes spread malaria. Who am I? 👉 Ronald Ross
- This kind of mosquito spreads dengue fever and bites mostly during the day. What is it? 👉 Aedes
- A mosquito’s high-pitched whine comes from this. What is it? 👉 Its wings beating hundreds of times a second
- Because of the diseases it spreads, this tiny insect is considered the deadliest animal to humans. What is it? 👉 The mosquito
- Insects do not have lungs. They breathe through tiny holes along their bodies called this. What are they? 👉 Spiracles
Funny Bug Riddles
- What did the mosquito say when it saw a camel? 👉 “Did I do that?”
- Why are mosquitoes so annoying? 👉 They get under your skin
Insect Brain Teasers
- Three mosquitoes each bite you twice. How many bites do you get? 👉 6
- How many legs do 6 insects and 2 spiders have altogether? 👉 52
- A firefly flashes every 5 seconds. How many times does it flash in a minute? 👉 12
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