Ant-a small insect, often with a sting, that usually lives in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which often form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for industriousness.

alderfly- a brownish flylike insect that lives near water and has predatory aquatic larvae.

ant lion- an insect that resembles a dragonfly, with predatory larvae that construct conical pits into which insect prey, esp. ants, fall.

aphid-a minute bug that feeds by sucking sap from plants. It reproduces rapidly, often producing live young without mating, and may live in large colonies that cause extensive damage to crops.

army ant-a blind nomadic tropical ant that forages in large columns, preying chiefly on insects and spiders. Also called driver ant

assassin bug- a long-legged predatory or bloodsucking bug that occurs chiefly in the tropics and feeds mainly on other arthropods. Some of those that bite humans can transmit microorganisms such as the one causing Chagas’ disease.

backswimmer-

a predatory aquatic bug that swims on its back using its long back legs as oars. It is able to capture large prey such as tadpoles and fish.

Bee- an insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds.

bedbug-a bloodsucking bug that is a parasite of birds and mammals.

beetle- an insect of an order distinguished by forewings typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra) that cover and protect the hind wings and abdomen.

blowfly - a large and typically metallic-colored fly that lays its eggs on meat and carcasses.

bluebottle- a common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs.

boll weevil-

a small weevil that feeds on the fibers of the cotton boll. It is a major pest of the American cotton crop.

booklouse-a minute insect that typically has reduced or absent wings and often lives in books or papers, where it feeds on mold.

borer- a worm, mollusk, insect, or insect larva that bores into wood, other plant material, or rock.

botfly - a stout hairy-bodied fly with larvae that are internal parasites of mammals, in particular

bristletail - a small wingless insect that has bristles at the end of the abdomen.

bumblebee - a large hairy bee with a loud hum, living in small colonies in holes underground.

butterfly- an insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales, usually brightly colored, and typically held erect when at rest. Butterflies fly by day, have clubbed or dilated antennae, and usually feed on nectar.

caddisfly - a small, mothlike insect with an aquatic larva that typically builds a protective, portable case of sticks, stones, and other particles. Some kinds have been traditionally used as bait by fishermen.

carpenter ant- a large ant that burrows into wood to nest.

carpenter bee- a large solitary bee with purplish wings that nests in tunnels bored in dead wood or plant stems.

carpet beetle- a small beetle whose larva (a woolly bear) is destructive to carpets, fabrics, and other materials.

carrion beetle- beetle that feeds on decaying animal and plant matter and insect larvae.

chafer a flying beetle, the adult and larva of which can be very destructive to foliage and plant roots respectively.

chinch - a plant-eating ground bug that forms large swarms on grasses and rushes.

cicada-

a large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud shrill droning noise after dark by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.

click beetle-a long, narrow beetle that can spring up with a click as a means of startling predators and escaping. Its larva is the wireworm.

cluster fly- a fly that often enters buildings in large numbers during the autumn while looking for a place to overwinter.

coccid a homopteran insect of the family Coccidae

cockroach

a beetlelike insect with long antennae and legs, feeding by scavenging. Several tropical species have become established worldwide as pests in homes and food service establishments

corn borer a moth whose larvae feed upon and bore into corn.

crane fly slender, two-winged fly with very long legs. The larva of some kinds is the leatherjacket.

cricket an insect related to the grasshoppers. The male produces a characteristic rhythmical chirping sound.

cuckoo bee a bee that lays its eggs in the nest of another species of bee, the young being raised and fed by the host.

cucumber a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.

damselfly a slender insect related to the dragonflies, having weak flight and typically resting with the wings folded back along the body.

deerfly

a bloodsucking horsefly that attacks humans and other large mammals. It can transmit various diseases, including tularemia.

diving beetle a predatory water beetle that has fringed back legs for swimming and stores air under its wing cases while diving.

dobsonfly a large gray North American winged insect related to the alderflies. Its predatory aquatic larva (the hellgrammite) is often used as fishing bait.

doodlebug the larva of an ant lion.

dragonfly a fast-flying long-bodied predatory insect with two pairs of large transparent wings that are spread out sideways at rest. The voracious aquatic larvae take up to five years to reach adulthood. Compare with damselfly .

dung beetle a beetle whose larvae feed on dung, esp. a scarab. The larger kinds place the dung in a hole before the eggs are laid, and some of them roll it along in a ball.

earwig

a small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers. The females typically care for their eggs and young until they are grown.

fire ant a tropical American ant that has a painful and sometimes dangerous sting.

firefly

a soft-bodied beetle related to the glowworm, the winged male and flightless female of which both have luminescent organs. The light is chiefly produced as a signal between the sexes, esp. in flashes

flea

a small wingless jumping insect that feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. It sometimes transmits diseases through its bite, including plague and myxomatosis.

froghopper a jumping, plant-sucking bug, the larva of which produces a frothy mass on plants. Also called spittlebug

fruit fly a small fly that feeds on fruit in both its adult and larval stages.

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