Dichotomous Key for Bugs
By: Chris Montgomery
The Dichotomous Key
1a: Can fly go to 2
1b: Can't fly go to 3
2a: big, long wings: Butterous Flyous
2b: Short, slender wings go to 4
3a: has legs go to 5
3b: no legs: Wormious
4a: sucks blood: Mosquitous Suckocks
4b: does not suck blood go to 6
5a: multiple eyes: Spiderious scarious
5b: two eyes go to 7
6a: multicolored go to 8
6b: one main color: Flyotous
7a: thin body go to 10
7b: Big body: Bed bugsine
8a: has spots: Ladiois Bugos
8b: no spots go to 9
9: Has stripes: Bumble Beeous
10a: lives in trees: Stickiois Bugos
10b: does not live in trees go to 11
11: Lives on ground/ underground: Antomois
answer key:
Bumble Bee: Bumble Beeous
Mosquito: Mosquitous Suckocks
Stick Bug: Stickiois Bugos
Spider: Spiderious scarious
Ant: Antomois
Bed Bug: Bed Bugsine
Fly: Flyotous
Butterfly: Butterous Flyous
Worm: Wormious