List of Insects in English! This lesson will provide 25 popular names of insects with example sentences and ESL printable infographic.
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List of Insects
Names of Insects in English
- Ant
- Bee
- Beetle
- Butterfly
- Bug
- Caterpillar
- Centipede
- Cockroach
- Cricket
- Dragonfly
- Flea
- Fly
- Grasshopper
- Grub
- Ladybug
- Maggot
- Mosquito
- Snail
- Locust
- Termite
- Tick
- Wasp
- Praying Mantids
- Greenfly
- Snakefly
Insect Names with Example Sentences
Ant
- TheΒ antΒ is a social insect.
Bee
- TheΒ beeΒ is going from flower to flower.
Beetle
- He saw a shiny greenΒ beetleΒ on a leaf.
Butterfly
- He likes collecting butterflyΒ specimens.
Bug
- The bird caught aΒ bugΒ on the fly.
Caterpillar
- A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from aΒ caterpillar.
Centipede
- How many legs does aΒ centipedeΒ have?
Cockroach
- Look at theΒ cockroach.
Dragonfly
- AΒ dragonflyΒ sows its eggs while skimming the surface of the water.
Flea
- I must have been bitten by aΒ flea, my arms are itchy.
Fly
- There is aΒ flyΒ on her loose coil of hair.
Grasshopper
- AΒ grasshopperΒ can leap over obstacles 500 times its own height.
Grub
- AΒ grubΒ looks like a short fat worm.
Ladybug
- A femaleΒ ladybugΒ will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime.
Maggot
- I feel like aΒ maggotΒ in a carcass.
Mosquito
- She made a swipe at theΒ mosquito.
Snail
- TheΒ snailΒ left a trail of slime along the floor.
Locust
- The yellowΒ locustΒ is another matter entirely.
Termite
- For aΒ termite, home is a fallen log.
Wasp
- Β AΒ waspΒ flew in the open window.
Praying Mantids
- MostΒ Praying mantidsΒ are of the family Mantidae.
Greenfly
- GreenflyΒ can literally suck a plant dry.
A snail is not an insect.
It’s not an insect but atlest it’s better then you
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The snail is not an insect. Neither the spider. The centipede picture shows a millipede.
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not all of them are insects
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I think it’s more important to point out that below is pictured a “stink bug” but they have it labeled as a “tick.”
bro not all of these are insects.
I am the 6th, Meningioma, person, in the US. This list, and those, pictures, feed, my brain, information
Uhmm my mom got hit by a locust before and this is why I donβt go near plants or tree or even WOOD. LOL