able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
skipjack
Noun
medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters
skipjack
Noun
oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic
sawyer beetle
Noun
any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
snapping beetle
Noun
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
sucking louse
Noun
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
social insect
Noun
an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species
scorpion fly
Noun
any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae
snout beetle
Noun
small weevil having a prolonged snout
springtail
Noun
any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern
superfamily Lamellicornia
Noun
scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
scarabaeid beetle
Noun
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
scarabaeid
Noun
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
scarabaean
Noun
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
scarab
Noun
scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
scarabaeus
Noun
scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
spruce bark beetle
Noun
small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
seed beetle
Noun
a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
seed weevil
Noun
a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
searcher
Noun
large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars
searcher
Noun
a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
searcher
Noun
someone making a search or inquiry
searcher beetle
Noun
large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars
scut
Noun
a short erect tail
sciara
Noun
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
sciarid
Noun
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
superfamily Apoidea
Noun
bees
sheep ked
Noun
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
soldier
Noun
a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
soldier
Noun
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
soldier
Verb
serve as a soldier in the military
shaft louse
Noun
a louse parasitic on poultry
sheep botfly
Noun
larvae are parasitic on sheep
sheep gadfly
Noun
larvae are parasitic on sheep
sticktight
Noun
parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
sticktight
Noun
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
sticktight flea
Noun
parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
sand fly
Noun
any of various small dipterous flies
sandfly
Noun
any of various small dipterous flies
superfamily Muscoidea
Noun
two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae
sand cricket
Noun
large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
slave ant
Noun
any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species
slave-making ant
Noun
an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
slave-maker
Noun
an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
sanguinary ant
Noun
slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
superfamily Sphecoidea
Noun
families Sphecidae and Stizidae
snowy tree cricket
Noun
pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America