Bugs Vocabulary


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Vocabulary

  • ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, centipede, dragonfly, fly, grasshopper, insect, ladybird, mosquito, moth, spider, wasp, worm, yellowjacket

Learn bugs vocabulary in English

Ants, butterflies, spiders... Bugs are small creatures. They have many legs and most have wings. They are the largest group of animals... and they are everywhere! We don't know exactly how many bugs there are in the world. Maybe about 10 quintillion (a million million millions).

This part of our picture dictionary presents some English words we use to talk about bugs and insects. You can hear them pronounced by clicking on the pictures. How many of these words do you know?

You can practise your new words with the help of our resources, too! Choose from fun games to play online and activities to download and print.


Bugs and Insects

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