Read the clues and fill in the blanks for some of the creepy-crawly things you might encounter while geocaching. Find those ten items in the puzzle located in the cache images and use the remaining squares to find the coordinates you need to move on to stage 1.
For the coordinates, assume N 43 and W 080.
You are solving for the blanks: N 43 _ _. _ _ _ W 080 _ _. _ _ _
Hint: Always keep an eye or two out when geocaching...
1. Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver, characterized by large incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling.
What is a _________?
2. Any of various, two-winged insects of the family Culicidae, in which the female of most species is distinguished by a long proboscis for sucking blood. Some species are vectors of diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
What is a _________?
3. Any of numerous oval, flat-bodied insects of the family Blattidae, including several species that are common household pests.
What is a _________?
4. Any of numerous small, bloodsucking, parasitic arachnids of the family Ixodidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
What is a _________?
5. Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera that have a pair of pincer-like appendages protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
What is an _________?
6. Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax bearing eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers and an unsegmented abdomen bearing several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.
What is a _________?
7. The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.
What is a _________?
8. Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.
What is a _________?
9. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes or Ophidia (order Squamata), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions.
What is a _________?
10. Any of various invertebrates, as those of the phyla Annelida, Nematoda, Nemertea, or Platyhelminthes, having a long, flexible, rounded or flattened body, often without obvious appendages.
What is a _________?
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