| Term | Definition |
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butterfly |
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
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moth |
typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae |
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mantis |
predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions |
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June bug |
any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring |
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wasp |
social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting |
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honeybee |
social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces |
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fire ant |
omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting |
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termite |
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
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centipedes |
predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods having elongated, flattened bodies composed of 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being poison fangs |
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millipede |
herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having cylindrical bodies of 20 -100+ segments most with two pairs of legs |
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grasshopper |
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping |
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mosquito |
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
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horsefly |
large, swift, stinging fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals |
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housefly |
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
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fruit fly |
any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
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aphids |
tiny insects that suck juices from plants |
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ladybug |
small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests |
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mealybug |
scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion |
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earthworm |
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
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scorpion |
arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting |
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daddy longlegs |
spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs |
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wolf spider |
ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web |