insect; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]

parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader

firefly; glowworm; lightning bug

pitiful creature; wretch

beetle

injurious insect; pest

worm

bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick

(entomology) larva

poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake; (slang) junkie

insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin

(coll.) lazybones

ladybug; ladybird

caterpillar

lit. bum beetle; sb who tags along; shadow; sycophant

locust

a slug; sb with a runny nose

nematode

caterpillar

the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)

beetle

reptile; (Internet) web crawler

bookworm

seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)

protozoan

trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans

tiger

Toxoplasma gondii

imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)

flatworm

to swat an insect; to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs

insecticide

sandworm

sex maniac

woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda); a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc

coccidia (biology)

(of food, books etc) to become infested with bugs

swindler; conman

plant diseases and insect pests

beneficial insect

Euglena (genus of single-celled plant)

(entomology) naiad

rice weevil; (fig.) sponger; parasite

army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)

spermatozoon; spermatozoa

tapeworm

Internet addict

aphid

(entomology) nymph