This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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黄金虫

こがね虫、金亀子
こがねむし、コガネムシ
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
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屁放き虫

へこき虫、へこき蟲
へこきむし
fart bug
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苦虫

にがむし
making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug)
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花亀虫

はなかめむし
flower bug
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玉虫

吉丁虫
たまむし
jewel beetle; Chrysochroa fulgidissima; insect with iridescent wings
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陸宿借

陸寄居虫、岡宿借
おかやどかり、オカヤドカリ
concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)
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日本住血吸虫病

にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう
schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
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蝗虫

こうちゅう
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)
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瑠璃オーストラリア虫食い

るりオーストラリアむしくい、ルリオーストラリアムシクイ
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren; blue wren
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臙脂虫

えんじむし、エンジムシ
cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)