small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
ladybird beetle
Noun
small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
lightning bug
Noun
nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
leaf miner
Noun
any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
leaf-miner
Noun
any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
louse fly
Noun
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
leaf-cutting bee
Noun
bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
leaf-cutter
Noun
bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
leaf-cutter bee
Noun
bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
long-horned grasshopper
Noun
grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
little black ant
Noun
tiny glossy black ant
long-horned grasshoppers
Noun
large green long-horned grasshopper of North America
legionary ant
Noun
tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
leaf bug
Noun
small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
lygus bug
Noun
vector of viral plant diseases
lace bug
Noun
small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines
lygaeid
Noun
a true bug: usually bright-colored
lygaeid bug
Noun
a true bug: usually bright-colored
leaf insect
Noun
tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body
leaf-footed bug
Noun
large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
leaf-foot bug
Noun
large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
locust
Noun
migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
locust
Noun
any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
locust
Noun
hardwood from any of various locust trees
lacewing
Noun
any of two families of insects with gauzy wings
lacewing fly
Noun
any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)
leafhopper
Noun
small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
lantern fly
Noun
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
lantern-fly
Noun
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
lymantriid
Noun
dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
looper
Noun
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments
large white
Noun
Old World form of cabbage butterfly
lepidopterous insect
Noun
insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
lepidopteron
Noun
insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
lepidopteran
Noun
insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
lycaenid
Noun
any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
lycaenid butterfly
Noun
any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
leaf roller
Noun
moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
leaf-roller
Noun
moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
lasiocampid moth
Noun
medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae
lappet
Noun
medium-sized hairy moths
lappet
Noun
a small lap on a garment or headdress
lappet
Noun
a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet moth
Noun
medium-sized hairy moths
lappet caterpillar
Noun
larva of a lappet moth
leveret
Noun
a young hare especially one in its first year
luna moth
Noun
large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
larva
Noun
the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
leptocephalus
Noun
slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes