any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
suborder Blattodea
Noun
cockroaches
squash bug
Noun
large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
strawworm
Noun
larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
strawworm
Noun
larva of the caddis fly
sawfly
Noun
insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
short-horned grasshopper
Noun
grasshopper with short antennae
seventeen-year locust
Noun
North American cicada
spittle insect
Noun
small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
spittlebug
Noun
small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
stink fly
Noun
pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
superfamily Aphidoidea
Noun
plant lice
snakefly
Noun
predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
spongefly
Noun
hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
spongillafly
Noun
hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
sweet-potato whitefly
Noun
a variety of whitefly
superbug
Noun
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
superbug
Noun
a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
superfamily Coccoidea
Noun
scale insects and mealybugs
shadfly
Noun
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
scale insect
Noun
small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
stonefly
Noun
primitive winged insect with a flattened body
stone fly
Noun
primitive winged insect with a flattened body
soft scale
Noun
an insect active in all stages
silverspot
Noun
butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
splitworm
Noun
greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
small white
Noun
small widely distributed form
southern cabbage butterfly
Noun
common North American form of cabbage butterfly
sulphur butterfly
Noun
any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
sulfur butterfly
Noun
any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
sewing needle
Noun
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest
sewing needle
Noun
a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
snake feeder
Noun
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest
snake doctor
Noun
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest
skeeter hawk
Noun
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest
superfamily Tineoidea
Noun
clothes moths
starfish
Noun
echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
sea star
Noun
echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
swamp rabbit
Noun
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
swamp rabbit
Noun
a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida
silkworm moth
Noun
moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
silkworm moth
Noun
any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
serpent star
Noun
an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
swamp hare
Noun
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
silkworm
Noun
the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
silkworm
Noun
larva of a saturniid moth
saturniid
Noun
large brightly colored and usually tropical moth
saturniid moth
Noun
large brightly colored and usually tropical moth
sea urchin
Noun
shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
sand dollar
Noun
flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms