Insect Names in Igbo

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