Learning insects’ names in Igbo language is essential especially if you are not travelling to the city but to the village in Igbo land. Injurious insects can be realise through names they are called but on the other hand, not all insects are harmful to people, majority of them are precious for our everyday lives.
Ant = agbụshị
Bed bug = chịnchị; chinchi
Bee = anu
Beetle = ebe
Black ant = agbụshị
Butterfly = nkukorobụba; olokolo-mbuba; uru baba
Caterpillar = eruru; ikpurukpu
Centipede = ọgbakụrụ nwoke
Cockroach = ụchịcha; ọchịcha
Cricket = mte; abuzu; abụzụ
Flea = igwu
Fly = izi; iji; ahuhu
Grasshopper = ukpana; ụkpala
Lice = igwu
Mosquito = anwunta; anwu nta
Praying mantis = oti ọkpọ; ngukoli m'obu Ukori
Rolling beetle = ebe ọkphara
Scorpion = akpi
Spider = udide
Sugar ant = ndịda
Termite = akịka; aku
Tick = akpị; igwu
Wasp = ogba kpim