船食虫

ふなくいむし フナクイムシ

shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis), teredo

襤褸団扇船喰虫

ぼろうちわふなくいむし

Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)

虫

むし

insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm

船

ふね

ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, steamship

星虫

ほしむし ホシムシ

peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)

恙虫

つつがむし ツツガムシ

chigger, jigger, harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)

沙虫

いさごむし

caddis worm, caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)

葉虫

はむし ハムシ

leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)

虫腹

むしばら

stomach pain due to worms

皮虫

かわむし

hairy caterpillar

筍虫

たけのこむし

horse botfly larva

虫狩

むしかり ムシカリ

viburnum, Viburnum furcatum

酒虫

さかむし さけむし しゅちゅう

mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)

条虫

じょうちゅう

cestode, tapeworm

松虫

まつむし マツムシ

pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)

虫害

ちゅうがい

insect damage

芋虫

いもむし イモムシ

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth), (hairless) caterpillar

玉虫

たまむし

jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima, insect with iridescent wings

防虫

ぼうちゅう

protection from insects, insect repellence