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Bugs and insects that start with every letter

Stuck on Q under Bug or insect? Polarzinho, who shares the bamboo grove with plenty of ants, made the A to Z list of insects.

By Polarzinho ·

Polarzinho studying a ladybug through a magnifying glass in a garden, with a butterfly, a bee and a firefly nearby

Living in a bamboo grove has a price: ants, beetles and crickets as neighbors. At least I became an expert. So I wrote this list of bugs and insects that start with every letter, A to Z.

Most names come from the answer list Stop! itself knows for the Bug or insect category in English.

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How to use this list in Stop

Bug or insect is one of the categories Polar Games’ online Stop already knows. It comes in a ready-made nature theme, and you can add it to your own list too.

Stop! only draws letters that have known answers in the round’s categories, and a letter never repeats in the same match.

Stop! practice setup screen with categories, ready-made themes and the option to build your own list

PolarzinhoI wrote "panda" under Bug. Rejected instantly. Fair. I only have four legs.

On the practice setup screen of the Portuguese version, you pick a ready-made theme or build your own category list.

Insects that start with A

  • ant
  • aphid
  • antlion
  • assassin bug

Insects that start with B

  • bee
  • beetle
  • butterfly
  • bumblebee

Insects that start with C

  • cockroach
  • caterpillar
  • cricket
  • cicada

Insects that start with D

  • dragonfly
  • damselfly
  • dung beetle

Insects that start with E

  • earwig
  • emperor moth

Insects that start with F

  • fly
  • firefly
  • flea
  • fruit fly

Insects that start with G

  • grasshopper
  • gnat
  • glowworm

Insects that start with H

  • honeybee
  • hornet
  • horsefly
  • hoverfly

Insects that start with I

  • inchworm
  • ichneumon wasp

Insects that start with J

  • June bug
  • Japanese beetle
  • jewel beetle

Insects that start with K

  • katydid
  • kissing bug

Insects that start with L

  • ladybug
  • locust
  • louse
  • luna moth

Insects that start with M

  • mosquito
  • moth
  • mayfly
  • praying mantis

Insects that start with N

  • nymph
  • nit

Insects that start with O

  • oil beetle
  • owlet moth

Insects that start with P

  • paper wasp
  • potato beetle

Insects that start with Q

  • queen bee
  • queen ant

Insects that start with R

  • rhinoceros beetle
  • robber fly
  • rove beetle

Insects that start with S

  • stink bug
  • silverfish
  • silkworm
  • stick insect

Insects that start with T

  • termite
  • tsetse fly
  • tiger moth

Insects that start with U

  • underwing moth
  • Ulysses butterfly

Insects that start with V

  • velvet ant
  • viceroy butterfly

Insects that start with W

  • wasp
  • weevil
  • walking stick
  • water strider

Insects that start with Y and Z

  • Y: yellow jacket
  • Z: zebra swallowtail, zebra longwing

Does any bug count? The classic scoring arguments

Is a spider an insect?

Not in biology: spiders are arachnids with eight legs. In Stop!’s English version the category is Bug or insect, so many groups accept spiders as bugs.

Do larvae count?

Caterpillars and maggots are life stages of insects and usually count.

Frequently asked questions

What insect starts with Q?

Queen bee or queen ant.

What insect starts with U?

Underwing moth and Ulysses butterfly.

What insect starts with Y?

Yellow jacket, a kind of wasp.

What insect starts with Z?

Zebra swallowtail and zebra longwing, two butterflies.

Try it

Open Stop!, pick a theme with the Bug or insect category and invite your friends. The other A to Z cheat sheets are on the blog too, from fruits to instruments.

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