| one who studies the stars |
| solitary- |
| being alone |
| nutrients- |
| vitamins and minerals needed for life |
| prehistoric- |
| things that lived before recorded history |
| overcome- |
| you rise above something |
| a new hatched insect |
| an insect that is changing from a larva to an adult |
| mandible- |
| lower jaw |
| forager- |
| something that searches for food |
| a story that teaches a lesson |
| exoskeleton- |
| an insect’s hard outer covering |
| spiracle- |
| a small breathing hole on the side of an insect’s body |
| tympanum- |
| thin skin covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects |
| orthoptera- |
| scientific order that includes grasshoppers and crickets |