List of Collective Nouns: Insects

1. ant Ant is living thing which is a kind of small insect and lives an organized social group under the ground.last updated 2/13/2015
   1. a bike of ants
   2. a colony of ants
   3. a swarm of ants
   4. an army of ants
2. bee bee" is something which is an insect that is a hymenopterous insect with a yellow and black body and wings living in large communities, and has character of collecting nectar and pollen, producing wax and honey.last updated 3/18/2015
   1. a bike of bees
   2. a cast of bees
   3. a cluster of bees
   4. a drift of bees
   5. a game of bees
   6. a grist of bees
   7. a hive of bees
   8. a rabble of bees
   9. a stand of bees
   10. a swarm of bees
   11. an erst of bees
3. butterfly butterfly" is something which is an insect that is a nectar-feeding diurnal insect with a slender body, clubbed or dilated antennae and two pairs of large brightly colored wings covered with microsoopic scales, and being active during the day.last updated 3/22/2015
   1. a flight of butterflies
   2. a kaleidoscope of butterflies
   3. a rabble of butterflies
   4. a swarm of butterflies
4. cockroach cockroach" is somebody which is an insect that is a black or brown beetle-like scavenging insect with an oval flattened body with long antennae and biting mouthparts.last updated 3/24/2015
   1. an intrusion of cockroaches
5. fly fly" is something which is an insect that is a flying insect with a single pair of transparent wings and sucking mouthparts.last updated 3/19/2015
   1. a business of flies
   2. a cloud of flies
   3. a grist of flies
   4. a hatch of flies
   5. a swarm of flies
6. gnat gnat" is something which is an insect that is a small fragile biting dipterous insect like a small two-winged fly.last updated 3/20/2015
   1. a cloud of gnats
   2. a horde of gnats
   3. a rabble of gnats
   4. a swarm of gnats
7. grasshopper grasshopper" is something which is an insect that is an orthopterous insect with long hind legs used for jumping and producing a chirping sound, and feeding on plants.last updated 3/20/2015
   1. a cloud of grasshoppers
   2. a cluster of grasshoppers
   3. a swarm of grasshoppers
8. hornet hornet" is something which is an insect that is a large hymenopterous insect with a red and black or red and black body, wings and a powerful sting and usually nests in hollow trees.last updated 3/18/2015
   1. a bike of hornets
   2. a nest of hornets
   3. a swarm of hornets
9. insect insect" is something which is an insect that is a small air-breathing arthropod with a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and two pairs of wings for most species.last updated 3/22/2015
   1. a flight of insects
   2. a horde of insects
   3. a plague of insects
   4. a rabble of insects
   5. a swarm of insects
10. locust locust" is something which is an insect that is a large, mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight and causes extensive damage to vegetation.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a cloud of locusts
    2. a plague of locusts
    3. a swarm of locusts
11. louse louse" is something which is an insect that is a small wingless bloodsuckingparasitic insect and lives on the skin or in the hair iof people or animals.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a colony of lice
    2. a flock of lice
    3. an infestation of lice
12. mosquito mosquito" is something which is an insect that is a dipterous insect with a long proboscis in female to pierce the skin of man and animals for sucking blood.last updated 3/25/2015
    1. a scourge of mosquitoes
    2. a swarm of mosquitoes
13. termite termite" is something which is an insect that is a pale whitish ant-like social insect with a soft body, and lives in large groups and eats wood.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a colony of termites
    2. a swarm of termites
14. wasp wasp" is something which is an insect that is a hymenopterous insect with a yellow and black stripes body, wings and a sting and nests are not constructed from wax.last updated 3/18/2015
    1. a bike of wasps
    2. a colony of wasps
    3. a nest of wasps
15. wild bee wild bee" is something which is an insect that is any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bee.last updated 3/18/2015
    1. a bike of wild bees