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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イボタ蝋

いぼた蝋、虫白蝋、虫白蠟、水蝋樹蝋、水蝋蝋、水蠟樹蠟、水蠟蠟
イボタろう、いぼたろう、ちゅうはくろう
tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax
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イセリア介殻虫

イセリアかいがらむし、イセリアカイガラムシ
cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
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こたつ虫

炬燵虫
こたつむし
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
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阿菊虫

螠虫
おきくむし
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
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花虫綱

かちゅうこう
Anthozoa; class of cnidarians
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越虫貝

えっちゅうばい、エッチュウバイ
finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
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瓜実条虫

うりざねじょうちゅう、ウリザネジョウチュウ
dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum); cucumber tapeworm; double-pore tapeworm
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渦鞭毛虫

うずべんもうちゅう
dinoflagellate
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渦虫類

うずむしるい、かちゅうるい
turbellarians
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医昆虫学

いこんちゅうがく
medical entomology