瓢虫[tentoumushi] ladybug
干瓢[kanpyou] strips of dried gourd
七星瓢虫[nanahoshitentou] seven-spot ladybird
青瓢箪[aobyoutan] green calabash
瓢箪[hyoutan] gourd

瓢箪鯰[hyoutannamazu] (person) slippery as an eel
千成り瓢箪[sennaripyoutan] bottle gourd
二十八星瓢虫[nijuuyahoshitentou] 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
偽瓢虫[tentoumushidamashi] handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)

ランブル鞭毛虫[ranburubenmouchuu] giardia (flagellate protozoan)
ランブル鞭毛虫症[ranburubenmouchuushou] giardiasis
いも虫[imomushi] hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫[ekichuu] useful insect
円虫類[enchuurui] round worms

夏虫[natsumushi] summer insect
蛔虫[kaichuu] roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
害虫[gaichuu] harmful insect
鈎虫[kouchuu] hookworm
寄生虫[kiseichuu] parasite