Vocabulary

Diptera

body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice

body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice

complete metamorphosis; holometabolism

incomplete metamorphosis; hemimetabolism

red-banded sand wasp

wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva; hornet larva

Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)

washing machine tub

flesh fly (any fly of family Sarcophagidae)

large silvery fly

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness

blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)

psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)

ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)

Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)

Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)

Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)

grandchild

dumbbell

stopped in the midst of; half- (i.e. half-read)

quitting; ceasing; giving up

the Essenes

the Sadducees

Pharisees

brow; forehead

mother

tapered slacks

ivy shirt

carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)

Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)

darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle

Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly

lesser emperor (Anax parthenope)

Sinictinogomphus clavatus (species of clubtail dragonfly)

dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)

hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)

stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)

dobsonfly or stonefly larva

aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)