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Insects on the Arctic Tundra

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Insects on the Arctic Tundra

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.81

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midge, miserable, ordinary, however, caption, longer, tundra, during, kinds, also, than, insect, arctic, deer, another, people

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     Spanish: Insectos de la tundra ártica

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Insects on the Arctic Tundra By Sheri Skelton

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¹     Caption: a biting midge or no-see-um
 
²     Not very many kinds of insects can live on the arctic tundra. However, the insects that do live there can make the tundra a very miserable place for people in the summer. Mosquitoes live under the snow during the winter. They have a chemical in their bodies that keeps them from freezing. In the summer when the ground is wet and soggy, millions of mosquitoes come out. Arctic bumblebees have longer and thicker hair and are darker in color than ordinary bumblebees. That helps them .....
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