Beetle Maze
A real, solvable maze shaped like a beetle — generated by algorithm, verified to have a single solution, and free to print. Start at the red flag and find your way to the checkered flag.
Free for personal & classroom use. For commercial use — products, KDP books, or resale — get a Commercial License.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Best for ages
- 8+
- Est. solve time
- 15–25 min
- Grid
- 129×150
- Solution path
- 1,449 cells
- Corridor cells
- 7,655
- Dead ends
- 854
- Solutions
- 1 (verified)
About the Beetle
Beetles make up the largest group of animals on Earth, the order Coleoptera. Their front wings are hardened into tough covers called elytra that fold over the delicate flying wings like a case. With about 400,000 named kinds, roughly one in four of all known animal species is a beetle. Slide this beetle into a biodiversity lesson where children learn just how common these insects are.
- About one in four known animal species is a beetle.
- A beetle's hard front wing-cases are called elytra.
- Around 400,000 beetle species have been described so far.
Solution
How to use this maze
- Start at the red flag and trace a path to the checkered flag — there is one correct route.
- Print on A4 or US Letter at 100% scale; the solution image above is the answer key.
- Free for classroom, homeschool, and personal printing.
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