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 13 Feb 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 18 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bike of wild bees