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🐝 Insects and Bugs

Water Strider facts for kids

Where the water strider lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the water strider live?: Ponds and calm streams
🍽️ What does the water strider eat?: Insects that fall onto the water
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?: Skates across the surface
✨ Fun fact: Water striders have waterproof legs that let them walk on water.

Ages 5 to 10 Insects and Bugs

All about the water strider

The water strider is one of the insects and bugs in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in ponds and calm streams, and it eats insects that fall onto the water. It skates across the surface. This page is a good fit for ages 5 to 10 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the water strider one of the insects and bugs?

Yes. Insects have six legs and three body parts. Spiders and snails are bugs but not insects.

Talk about it

Have you ever seen a water strider? Where was it?
What would you eat if you were a water strider?
Can you make the water strider's sound or move like it?

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For grown ups

DoodleBeez is an ad free learning site for ages 3 to 14 from ABIEdu Kids. The Animal Kingdom has 209 animals, each read aloud by Buzzby the bee, plus 510 read aloud picture books, step by step drawing guides and learning games. Start free, no card needed.