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What Stinging Bug Am I?

Can you identify the stinging bug based on the descriptions provided? Take our easy quiz to find out! When you're ready, check off the answers you want to see, and click the submit button at the bottom of the page.

 
  • Their appetite for fruit and flowers helps sustain the entire world. They create their own food for consumption during the winter. Stinging people is something they should avoid as doing so will cause their own demise.
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    Answer: They are honey bees, working hard to pollinate the world's food supply and putting their own lives at risk to defend themselves and their life's work.
     
  • Sometimes associated with tuna fish, they are black and yellow and covered in soft hair - some people might even describe them as cute. Compared to some of their bug cousins, they actually appear to be a bit fat.
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    Answer: They are bumble bees, sturdy strong contributor to the health of the world's crops, but vulnerable to the winter as they aren't able to store more than a few days' worth of food.
     
  • If they could use a pen, they might be able to tag the hive for which they are named. Thin and narrow-waisted with smoky black wings, they feed on nectar and other insects, and only attack if they or their hive is threatened.
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    Answer: They are paper wasps, long and leggy and the natural enemy of many garden pests. Their homes resemble paper umbrellas made out of gray paper, although it is really a substance made from wood fibers and their saliva.
     
  • Named for their distinctive markings, they will fight for food or whenever the urge hits them. Although their aggressive tendencies are well known - and feared - among humans, they are important for their role in controlling the populations of other pest insects.
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    Answer: They are yellow jacket wasps, scourge of picnickers everywhere. Valiant fighter, they will defend their food, their colony and their queen - only to die once the summer ends.
     
  • Although they look tougher than their cousins, it takes a lot to provoke these stinging insects. They have a misleading name since they are really a form of wasp. They are known for building oversized hives, and will sting repeatedly in defense of their hive.
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    Answer: They are bald faced hornets, a large insect known for building large homes that may be bigger than a basketball. Wary and shy, it is rare that they ever hurt anyone but can do so if provoked.
     
     

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