types:
Käfer
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
Floh
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Zweiflügler,
beißendes Fluginsekt
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
Hautflügler
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Termite
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
Wanze
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Puppe
an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
Marienkäfer
small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
Borkenkäfer
small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
Katzenfloh
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
Hühnerfloh
parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
Fliege
two-winged insects characterized by active flight
Moskito,
Mücke,
Stechmücke
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
Schnake
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
Biene
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
Wespe
social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
Ameise
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
Schabe
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
Bettwanze
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Wasserwanze
predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
Zikade
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Eintagsfliege
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Libelle
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Ohrwurm
sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
Schmetterling
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings