虫

むし

insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm

羽虫

はむし

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)

沙虫

いさごむし

caddis worm, caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)

紐虫

ひもむし ヒモムシ

ribbon worm (any worm of phylum Nemertea)

若虫

わかむし

nymph (immature form of an insect)

星虫

ほしむし ホシムシ

peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)

虫偏

むしへん

kanji "insect" radical at left

皮虫

かわむし

hairy caterpillar

虫腹

むしばら

stomach pain due to worms

線虫

せんちゅう

nematode

筍虫

たけのこむし

horse botfly larva

松虫

まつむし マツムシ

pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)

虫害

ちゅうがい

insect damage

苦虫

にがむし

making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug)

虫卵

ちゅうらん むしたまご

insect egg, insect eggs

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)

夏虫

なつむし なつちゅう

summer insect, summer insects

恙虫

つつがむし ツツガムシ

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

毒虫

どくむし

poisonous insect