small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
carpet bug
Noun
small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
clerid beetle
Noun
predacious on other insects
collembolan
Noun
any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern
clerid
Noun
predacious on other insects
chela
Noun
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
chela
Noun
a Hindu disciple of a swami
carabid beetle
Noun
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
cockchafer
Noun
any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
calosoma
Noun
any beetle of the genus Calosoma
caudal appendage
Noun
tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus
crane fly
Noun
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
crab louse
Noun
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
chicken louse
Noun
a louse parasitic on poultry
carpenter bee
Noun
large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
common mosquito
Noun
common house mosquito
cat flea
Noun
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
chigoe
Noun
small tropical flea
cuckoo-bumblebee
Noun
a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
chigoe flea
Noun
small tropical flea
cleg
Noun
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
clegg
Noun
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
calypter
Noun
scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
crotonbug
Noun
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe
common wasp
Noun
a variety of vespid wasp
carpenter ant
Noun
ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
cicada killer
Noun
large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas
cynipid wasp
Noun
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
cynipid gall wasp
Noun
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
chinch bug
Noun
small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
coreid bug
Noun
a true bug
chalcid fly
Noun
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects
coreid
Noun
a true bug
chalcidfly
Noun
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects
chalcid
Noun
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects
chalcid wasp
Noun
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects
cockroach
Noun
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
chalcis fly
Noun
a variety of chalcid fly
chinch
Noun
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
cicada
Noun
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings
cicala
Noun
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings
cochineal insect
Noun
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti
cochineal
Noun
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti
cochineal
Noun
a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
chrysopid
Noun
pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
citrophilous mealybug
Noun
destructive especially to citrus
citrophilus mealybug
Noun
destructive especially to citrus
common pond-skater
Noun
a variety of water strider
citrus mealybug
Noun
feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus