| たま蜂;癭蜂(oK) | [たまばち;タマバチ, tamabachi ; tamabachi] (n) (uk) gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae) |
| たま蠅;たま蝿;癭蠅(oK);癭蝿(oK) | [たまばえ;タマバエ, tamabae ; tamabae] (n) (uk) gall midge (any insect of family Cecidomyiidae) |
| 七節;竹節虫 | [ななふし;ナナフシ, nanafushi ; nanafushi] (n) (uk) walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect |
| 五倍子蜂;没食子蜂 | [ふしばち, fushibachi] (n) (obsc) gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae) |
| 地虫 | [じむし, jimushi] (n) (1) scarabaeid beetle grub; (2) any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil |
| 川螻蛄 | [かわげら;カワゲラ, kawagera ; kawagera] (n) (uk) stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae) |
| 捕虫網 | [ほちゅうあみ, hochuuami] (n) insect net; butterfly net |
| 擬螳螂;蟷螂擬 | [かまきりもどき;カマキリモドキ, kamakirimodoki ; kamakirimodoki] (n) (uk) mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae) |
| 水澄まし;水澄し;水澄;水すまし | [みずすまし;ミズスマシ, mizusumashi ; mizusumashi] (n) (1) (uk) whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus); (2) (See 水馬・あめんぼ) pond skater; water strider |
| 水黽;水馬;飴坊 | [あめんぼ;あめんぼう;アメンボ;アメンボウ, amenbo ; amenbou ; amenbo ; amenbou] (n) (uk) pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider |
| 泡吹虫 | [あわふきむし;アワフキムシ, awafukimushi ; awafukimushi] (n) (uk) froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidea); spittlebug |
| 猩猩蠅;猩猩蝿;猩々蠅;猩々蝿 | [しょうじょうばえ;ショウジョウバエ, shoujoubae ; shoujoubae] (n) (uk) (See 実蠅) fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly |
| 玉虫;吉丁虫 | [たまむし, tamamushi] (n) jewel beetle; Chrysochroa fulgidissima; insect with iridescent wings |
| 白蟻擬;擬白蟻 | [しろありもどき;シロアリモドキ, shiroarimodoki ; shiroarimodoki] (n) (uk) web-spinner (any insect of order Embioptera, esp. family Oligotomidae) |
| 益虫 | [えきちゅう, ekichuu] (n) useful insect |
| 糠子 | [ぬかご, nukago] (n) (obsc) (See 糠蚊) biting midge (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae); no-see-um |
| 糠蚊 | [ぬかか;ヌカカ, nukaka ; nukaka] (n) (uk) biting midge; no-see-um (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae) |
| 糠蝿;糠蠅 | [ぬかばえ, nukabae] (n) (1) (obsc) (See 糠蚊) biting midge (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae); no-see-um; (2) (See 浮塵子) plant hopper (any insect of family Delphacidae) |
| 紙魚;衣魚;蠧魚 | [しみ(gikun);とぎょ(蠧魚), shimi (gikun); togyo ( to sakana )] (n) (1) (uk) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); (2) (See 大和紙魚) oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); (3) (derog) someone who is unable to apply what they have read |
| 細頸芥虫 | [ほそくびごみむし;ホソクビゴミムシ, hosokubigomimushi ; hosokubigomimushi] (n) (uk) bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae) |
| 羽(P);羽根(P);翅;羽子 | [はね, hane] (n) (1) (翅 esp. refers to insect wings) feather; plume; wing; (2) blade (fan, propeller, etc.); (P) |
| 羽虫 | [はむし, hamushi] (n) (1) (See 羽虱) biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); (2) (col) (See 羽蟻) small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite) |
| 臙脂虫 | [えんじむし;エンジムシ, enjimushi ; enjimushi] (n) (uk) cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus) |
| 落し文 | [おとしぶみ, otoshibumi] (n) letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect |
| 虫かご;虫籠;虫篭(iK) | [むしかご, mushikago] (n) insect cage |
| 虫卵 | [ちゅうらん, chuuran] (n) (1) insect egg; insect eggs; (2) parasite egg; parasite eggs |
| 虫売り | [むしうり, mushiuri] (n) (arch) insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets) |
| 虫除け(P);虫よけ | [むしよけ, mushiyoke] (n) insecticide; insect repellent; (P) |
| 衣魚虫 | [しみむし, shimimushi] (n) (obsc) (See 衣魚) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae) |
| 跳び虫;跳虫 | [とびむし, tobimushi] (n) springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola) |
| 飛螻蛄;石蚕 | [とびけら;トビケラ, tobikera ; tobikera] (n) (uk) caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera) |
| 駆虫薬 | [くちゅうやく, kuchuuyaku] (n) (1) anthelmintic; vermifuge; vermicide; (2) insect repellent |