鼈甲

べっこう

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle), bekko

鼈甲色

べっこういろ べっこうしょく

amber (colour, color)

鼈甲細工

べっこうざいく

article of tortoise shell, tortoiseshell work

鼈

すっぽん スッポン

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

田鼈

たがめ タガメ

Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

鼈茸

すっぽんたけ スッポンタケ

common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

蜂

はち

bee, wasp, hornet

月と鼈

つきとすっぽん

like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different), like day and night, like the difference between heaven and hell

地蜂

じばち

Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)

花蜂

はなばち はなはち

bumblebee

蜂鳥

はちどり ハチドリ

hummingbird (Trochilidae family)

小蜂

こばち コバチ

chalcid (fly, wasp), chalcis (fly)

蜂蜜

はちみつ はつみつ ハチミツ

honey

蜜蜂

みつばち みちばち ミツバチ

honeybee, hive bee

蜂窩

ほうか

beehive, hive, honeycomb

蜂雀

はちすずめ

hummingbird (Trochilidae family)

熊蜂

くまばち クマバチ

Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)

蟻蜂

ありばち ありはち

velvet ant

スズメ蜂

スズメばち

hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae)