Insect Names! List of insects and bugs with ESL pictures, examples in English. Learn these names of insects illustrated with interesting images to improve your vocabulary in English, especially for kids.
For many people describing an insect can be difficult, this is why it is super important to know the names of insects when speaking English so that you can instantly refer to them during a conversation.
Types of Insects
There may be a variety of reasons why you wish to learn insect names, perhaps you work in a job that requires you to speak about insects to English speakers or maybe you want to talk about an interesting insect you have seen. Whatever the reason, this handy section will guide you on your way.
Are Insects Animals? Types of Insects
Are insects animals? Insects are the largest group of animals on earth by far. They have many legs; and most have wings. Insects were the first animals capable of flight. As they develop from eggs, they undergo metamorphosis.
Types of Insects:
Insects can be divided into two groups:
- Flying Insects : bee, wasp, fly, dragonfly, moth, butterfly, mosquito, grasshopper…
- Crawling Insects : caterpillar, cockroach, spider, louse, ant, worm…
List of Insects
- Moth
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Spider
- Ladybird (BrE) – ladybug (NAmE)
- Ant
- Dragonfly
- Fly
- Mosquito
- Grasshopper
- Beetle
- Cockroach
- Centipede
- Worm
- Louse
Names of Insects in English
List of Insects with Pictures
Moth
Moths are attracted by light.
Bee
Bees make honey.
Butterfly
The life span of a butterfly is short.
Spider
There’s a spider in the bathroom.
Ladybird (BrE) – ladybug (NAmE)
Ladybug, also called ladybird, eats aphids – small, soft insects that look like tiny grains of rice.
Ant
Do ants have ears?
Dragonfly
There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.
Fly
Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
Mosquito
A mosquito just bit me.
Grasshopper
That’s the biggest grasshopper I’ve ever seen.
Beetle
I picked up the beetle carefully between finger and thumb.
Cockroach
There are many cockroaches in the kitchen.
Centipede
How many legs does a centipede have?
Worm
The bird was looking for worms.
Louse
(plural: lice)
The louse then feeds by sucking the fish’s blood.
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100 Common Insects in English
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Cockroach
- Grasshopper
- Ladybug
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Wasp
- Fly
- Praying Mantis
- Termite
- Dragonfly
- Beetle
- Centipede
- Cicada
- Earwig
- Firefly
- Flea
- House Fly
- June Bug
- Lightning Bug
- Louse
- Millipede
- Mosquito Hawk
- Hornet
- Cicada Killer
- Bumble Bee
- Honey Bee
- Yellowjacket
- Paper Wasp
- Spider Wasp
- Katydid
- Cicada nymph
- Antlion
- Cicada Molting
- Walkingstick
- Stink Bug
- Squash Bug
- Red-tailed Bumblebee
- Mason Bee
- Mining Bee
- Solitary Bee
- Carpenter Ant
- Pavement Ant
- Fire Ant
- Harvester Ant
- Pharaoh Ant
- European Fire Ant
- Argentine Ant
- Dung Beetle
- Tiger Beetle
- Ground Beetle
- Darkling Beetle
- Carpet Beetle
- Long-Horned Beetle
- Rhinoceros Beetle
- Scarab Beetle
- Click Beetle
- Stag Beetle
- Dermestid Beetle
- Blister Beetle
- Weevil
- Snout Beetle
- Checkered Beetle
- Lace Bug
- Tarnished Plant Bug
- Assassin Bug
- Wheel Bug
- Stink Bug Nymph
- Leaf-footed Bug
- Big-Eyed Bug
- Boxelder Bug
- Bed Bug
- Booklice
- Lice
- Ticks
- Mites
- Scorpions
- Spiders
- Harvestman
- Sowbug
- Pillbug
- Woodlice
- Silkmoth
- Luna Moth
- Polyphemus Moth
- Sphinx Moth
- Cecropia Moth
- Gypsy Moth
- Io Moth
- Promethea Moth
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Monarch Butterfly
- Painted Lady Butterfly
- Swallowtail Butterfly
- Fritillary Butterfly
- Sulphur Butterfly
- Skipper Butterfly
- Hairstreak Butterfly
List of Animals in English with Pictures
Animals names in English with different categories.Â
- Pet names
- List of farm & domestic animals
- Wild animals in English
- Mammals vocabulary
- List of sea animals
- Bird names
- Insect names
- Male, female and young animals in English
- Animal group names (collective nouns for animals) in English
- Animal body parts in English with images.
Learn types of animals with American English pronunciation.
Names of Insects Groups
- An intrusion of cockroaches
- An army of caterpillars
- A swarm/A cloud/A business/A grist/A hatch of flies
- A swarm/A bike/A cast/A cluster/A drift/A game/A hive/A stand/A rabble/A grist of bees
- A scourge/A swarm of mosquitoes
- A flock/A colony/An infestation of lice
- A flight/A rabble/A swarm of butterflies
- A flight/A horde/A plague/A rabble/A swarm of insects
- A colony/An army/A bike/A swarm of ants
- A clutter/A cluster of spiders
- A cloud/A cluster/A swarm of grasshoppers
- A bike of (wild) bees
Last Updated on February 7, 2023
spiders are insects
No. Spiders are arachnids. Insects and arachnids are arthropods.
Not true. Spiders are arachnids. Arachnids and insects are arthropods. Therefore, the only thing spiders have in common with insects is that they are arthropods (have jointed legs).