Insect

The names of insect species (phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta).

• What general words refer to insects?
  insect bug
• What species of insects are there?
  ant army ant armyworm bedbug bee beetle bluebottle fly botfly bristletail bumblebee butterfly carpenter bee chigger cicada cockroach cricket daddy longlegs damselfly deerfly dragonfly dung beetle earwig firefly flea fly glowworm gnat grasshopper hawkmoth hellgramite honeybee hornet horsefly housefly inchworm jigger katydid ladybug leafhopper lice locust long-horned beetle louse mantis mayfly midge millipede mite monarch butterfly mosquito moth mud wasp nit praying mantis roach sawfly scarab silkworm silverfish stinkbug swallowtail termite tick tsetse fly tumblebug walking stick wasp weevil wiggler wriggler
• What special kinds of workers exist within an insect colony?
  queen (ant, bee) worker drone (bee) soldier
• What words describe insects?
  borer carnivorous cosmopolitan crawling creeping diurnal dauber flying hopper hopping insectile larva larval nocturnal pest predacious predator pupa queen segmented stinging two-winged venomous winged wingless