Insect-Related Vocabulary

noun a type of horsefly known for its painful bite

• The cleg is a type of horse-fly known for its painful bite.
• Watch out for those clegs, they can give a nasty sting!
• I hate those pesky clegs buzzing around.
• The cleg of doubt kept buzzing in the back of his mind.

noun a genus of mites that are parasitic on bees

• The acarapis mite is a common pest found in beehives.
• I heard that acarapis mites can really harm bee colonies.
• Those acarapis critters are a real pain for beekeepers.
• The presence of acarapis in the beehive is like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.