--8 January 1998
G.M. Nishida, Compiler
Hawai‘i Biological Survey
Bishop Museum
HAWAIIAN--ENGLISH
| Hawaiian Name | Common Name | Group Name(s) | Scientific Name |
| `a`awa | insect that destroys sweet potatoes | ||
| `aha | earwig | Dermaptera: Labiduridae | Anisolabis |
| `aha | "long black bug with sharp claws" | Dermaptera | |
| `aha | milliped | DIPLOPODA | |
| `ai `ia | insect eaten | ||
| `ami | measuringworm | Lepidoptera: Geometridae | |
| `ami | moth, inchworm, looper | Lepidoptera: Geometridae | |
| `ami kai | amphipod | AMPHIPODA: Caprellidae | |
| ana`uku | mealybug | Homoptera: Coccoidea | |
| ana`uku | scale insect | Homoptera: Coccoidea | |
| ane | beetle | Coleoptera | |
| ane | chicken mite | ACARI | poss. Ornithonyssus bursa |
| ane | insect eaten | ||
| ane | larder beetle | Coleoptera: Dermestidae | |
| änea | moth eaten | Lepidoptera | |
| `änonanona | ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| `anuhe | army worm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| `anuhe | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| `anuhe | cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| `anuhe | infested with caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| `änuhenuhe | infested with caterpillars | Lepidoptera | |
| `äolo | delayed by obstruction of butterflies | Lepidoptera | |
| `äolo | delayed by obstruction of moths | Lepidoptera | |
| ekikilau | stench that draws flies | Diptera | |
| `eleao | aphid | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| `eleao | plant louse | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| `elelü | cockroaches | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | |
| `elelü kea | cockroach sheds skin, changes whitish | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü kea | light-colored cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü kïkëkë | American cockroach | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| `elelü la`a loa | kitchen cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü lepo | Surinam cockroach | Dictyoptera: Blaberidae | Pycnoscelus indicus |
| `elelü liilii | small cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü papa | cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü papa | flat, broad cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü papa | large flat cockroach | Dictyoptera | |
| `elelü `ula`ula | American or Australasian cockroach | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| `elelü `ula`ula | Australasian or American cockroach | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta australasiae |
| `enuhe | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| `enuhe | Sphinx moth caterpillar | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| `enuhe kilika | silkworm | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| hä`uke | search for lice, delouse | Anoplura | |
| hä`uke`uke | body louse | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus h. humanus |
| hä`ule | search for lice, delouse | Anoplura | |
| hë | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| hë | coconut leaf eating caterpillar | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| hë | palm-leaf pandanus eating caterpillar | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| hë | tiny caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| hihi pünäwelewele | spider web (cobweb) | ARANEAE | |
| holoholona | insect | ||
| holoholona lele | destructive insect | ||
| holoholona lele | insect | ||
| ho`oku`uku`u | "let down" spider | ARANEAE | |
| ho`omalule | metamorphosis of caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| ho`onënë | native singing cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| hope`ö | hornet | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| hope`ö | wasp | Hymenoptera | |
| hope`ö | yellowjacket wasp | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| huhu | cloth eating insect | ||
| huhu | termite | Isoptera | |
| huhu | wood-boring insect | ||
| huhu`ailä`au | wood eating borer | ||
| huhuhu | insect eaten | ||
| hula pe`epe`emakawalu | spider dance | ARANEAE | |
| hupupu | insect eats hard bread | ||
| ilo | beetle larva | Coleoptera | |
| ilo | grub | ||
| ilo | maggot | Diptera | |
| ilo | to be beset by maggots | Diptera | |
| ilo | worm | ||
| iloilo | maggoty | ||
| iloilo | wormy | ||
| ka`a | scud | CRUSTACEA | |
| kähala | Sphinx moth caterpillar horn | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| kahau | to catch edible locust | Orthoptera | |
| kähë | first instar caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| kähë | caterpillar on sweet potato vines | Lepidoptera | |
| kalanakula | tarantula | ARANEAE | |
| kalawela | Sphinx moth caterpillar | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | Agrius cingulata (prob.) |
| kanapï | centipede | CHILOPODA | |
| känepa`ina | click beetle | Coleoptera: Elateridae | |
| kauno`a | slender insect attacks herbs, trees | ||
| kopena | hornet | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| kopena | house scorpion | SCORPIONIDA | prob. Isometrus maculatus |
| kopena | scorpion | SCORPIONIDA | |
| kopena | wasp | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| kopiana | scorpion | SCORPIONIDA: Buthidae | Isometrus maculatus |
| kuapa`a | destructive caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| kuapa`a | destructive caterpillar eats vegetables | Lepidoptera | |
| kuawehi | dark caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| kükaelä | fly eggs | Diptera | |
| kükaenalo | beeswax | ||
| kupa | armyworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia unipuncta |
| kupa | native armyworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia spp. |
| ku`uku`u | short legged spider, "let down" spider | ARANEAE | |
| lä`au ho`omake mü | insecticide | ||
| lalana | spider | ARANEAE | |
| lanalana | large brown spider, stands high on legs | ARANEAE | |
| lanalana | spider | ARANEAE | |
| lepelepe | Kamehameha butterfly | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| lepelepe | monarch butterfly | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| lepelepe o Hina | Kamehameha butterfly | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| lepelepe o Hina | monarch butterfly | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| lepe o Hina | Kamehameha butterfly | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| lepe o Hina | monarch butterfly | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| leponalo | beeswax | ||
| lia | head louse nit or egg of head louse | Anoplura | |
| lia | louse egg, nit | Anoplura | |
| lia | nit | Anoplura | |
| liha | head louse nit or egg of head louse | Anoplura | |
| liha | louse egg, nit | Anoplura | |
| liha | nit | Anoplura | |
| lihaliha | nits | Anoplura | |
| lö | earwig | Dermaptera: Labiduridae | Anisolabis |
| lö | black insect | ||
| lohaloha | caterpillar in cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| lohaloha | cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| lohaloha | dragonfly larva | Odonata | |
| lohelohe | caterpillar in cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| lohelohe | cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| lohelohe | dragonfly larva | Odonata | |
| lonalona | ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| lonalona | gnat | Diptera | |
| mahiki | amphipod | AMPHIPODA | |
| mahiki | sandhopper | AMPHIPODA | |
| makika | fly | Diptera | |
| makika | gnat | Diptera | |
| makika | lice | Anoplura | |
| makika | mosquito | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| malule | metamorphosis of caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| mea kolo | creeping insect | ||
| mea lele | flying insect | ||
| mea pepehi mea kolo | insecticide | ||
| me`eau | insect on animals | ||
| me`eau | insect on trees | ||
| meli | bee | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| meli | honey | ||
| moeone | burrowing worm in sand | ||
| mo`o huelo `awa | scorpion | SCORPIONIDA | |
| mo`o niho `awa | scorpion | SCORPIONIDA | |
| mü | beetle | Coleoptera | |
| mü | wood-boring beetle | Coleoptera | |
| mü | bug | Heteroptera | |
| mü | caterpillar in cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| mü | cloth eating insect | ||
| mü | destructive insect | ||
| mü | plant eating insect | ||
| mü | clothes moth | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| mü | weevil | Coleoptera: Curculionidae | |
| mü `ai hea | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| mü `ai palaoa | rusty flour beetle larva | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae | Tribolium castaneum |
| mü `ai palaoa | rice weevil | Coleoptera: Curculionidae | Sitophilus oryzae |
| mü `ai puke | bookworm | Coleoptera: Anobiidae | |
| mumuhi | buzzing of mosquito (higher pitch) | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| mumuhu | buzzing of flies (lower pitch) | Diptera | |
| mumuhu | buzzing of hornet | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| mumulu | insect swarming (flies,bees,mosquitos) | ||
| naio | pinworm | ||
| naio `ai kae | dung-eating pinworm | ||
| naio makika | mosquito larva | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| nalo | fly | Diptera | |
| nalo | house fly | Diptera: Muscidae | Musca domestica |
| nalo `aki | gnat (fly) | Diptera | |
| nalo `aki | horn fly | Diptera: Muscidae | Haematobia irritans |
| nalo `aki | small stinging fly, stable fly | Diptera: Muscidae | Stomoxys calcitrans? |
| nalo `aki | gnat | Diptera | |
| nalo `aki | hornet | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| nalo hope `eha | hornet | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| nalo hope `eha | Hymenoptera | Hymenoptera | |
| nalo hue loa`awa | wasp | Hymenoptera | |
| nalo keleawe | bluebottle fly | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| nalo keleawe | hover? fly | Diptera: Syrphidae? | |
| nalo lawe lepo | mud dauber wasp | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | |
| nalo lawe lepo | mud wasp | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | Sceliphron caementarium |
| nalo meli | honey bee | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| nalo meli mö`ï wahine | queen bee | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| nalo meli noho hale | drone bee | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| nalo meli pa`ahana | worker bee | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| nalo nahu | stinging fly | ||
| nalo nui | carpenter bee | Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae | Xylocopa sonorina |
| nalo paka | hippoboscid fly parasitic on owl | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| nalo paka | hippoboscid fly, "tick | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| nalo paka | louse fly | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| nalo paka | ensign "fly" (wasp) | Hymenoptera: Evaniidae | |
| nalo pilau | bluebottle fly | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| nalo pilau | lantana gall fly | Diptera: Tephritidae | Eutreta xanthochaeta |
| nalo puka | parasitic wasp | Hymenoptera | |
| nalo`a | "glow worm "?? | Coleoptera: Lampyridae | |
| nananana | spider | ARANEAE | |
| nananana | long-legged, web-making spider | ARANEAE | |
| nananana | long-legged, web-making spider | ARANEAE: Theridiidae | Latrodectus spp. |
| naonao | winged or flying ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| naonao aki | ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Pheidole megacephala |
| naonao lele | termite | Isoptera | |
| naonao makali`i | ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Plagiolepis mactavishi |
| naonao po`o nui | soldier ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Pheidole |
| nä`uke | search for lice | Anoplura | |
| nënë | chirp as a cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| niho `aki | insect mandibles,"nippers" | ||
| nonanona | ant | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| nonanona | gnat | Diptera | |
| nonanona | small, winged gnat | Diptera | |
| nono | moth eaten | Lepidoptera | |
| nuhe | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| `öka`i | butterfly | Lepidoptera | |
| large night moth | Lepidoptera | ||
| `olopelope | dragonfly larva | Odonata | |
| ona | hen louse | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon pallidum |
| ona | lice | Anoplura | |
| ona | louse | Anoplura | |
| ona | mite | ACARI | |
| ona moa | chicken lice | Mallophaga | poss. Ornithonyssus bursa |
| ona moa | chicken mites | ACARI | |
| `öpülauoho | larva & case of clothes moth | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| `öwili`öka`i | cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| pahu meli | beehive | ||
| pakika | insect eats sweet potato leaves | ||
| pe`elua | armyworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia unipuncta |
| pe`elua | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| pe`elua kilika | silk moth | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| pe`elua kilika | silkworm | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| pe`epe`emaka`ole | Kaua`i cave wolf spider | ARANEAE: Lycosidae | Adelocosa anops |
| pe`epe`emakawalu | large house spider | ARANEAE | |
| pinao | dragonfly | Odonata | |
| pinao `ula | damselfly | Odonata | |
| pinao `ula | dragonfly (variety) | Odonata | |
| pinao `ula | red damselfly | Odonata: Coenagrionidae | Megalagrion spp. |
| pinaonoa | vinegar fly | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| pipi | insect feelers | ||
| piwa ha`iha`i iwi | dengue | ||
| poki | black cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| poki | insect destroys vegetables | ||
| pokipoki | sowbug | ISOPODA | |
| pokipoki | pillbug | ISOPODA | |
| poko | black cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| poko | caterpillar | Lepidoptera | |
| poko | cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| poko | greasy cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Agrotis ipsilon |
| poko | larger native cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | esp. Agrotis crinigera |
| poko | variegated cutworm | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Lycophotia porphyrea |
| pololei | cricket song | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| pololei | locust song | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| pönalo | gnat | Diptera | |
| pönalo | plant louse | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| pönalo | small flies | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| pönalo | small fly such as ?? | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| pönalo | swarming of gnats | Diptera | |
| pönalo | swarming of leafhoppers | Homoptera: Cicadellidae | |
| pönalo | swarming of plant lice | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| pönalonalo | swarming with gnats | Diptera | |
| pönalonalo | vinegar fly | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| pönanonano | swarming with gnats | Diptera | |
| po`olänui | dragonfly young stage (pupa?) | Odonata | |
| popopo | moth eaten | Lepidoptera | |
| pua`alohelohe | dragonfly larva used as offering | Odonata | |
| pu`ali | thread waist of wasp | Hymenoptera | |
| puapua | Sphinx caterpillar horn | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| puapua | biting fly | Diptera | |
| pülauoho | larva & case of clothes moth | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| pülauoho | case moth larva, case | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| pulelehua | butterfly | Lepidoptera | |
| pulelehua | Kamehameha butterfly | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| pulelehua | moth | Lepidoptera | |
| pulelehua kawa`ewae | white butterfly | "Greater Magellanic Cloud" | prob. Pieris rapae |
| pulelehua kea | white butterfly | "Greater Magellanic Cloud" | prob. Pieris rapae |
| pulelehua uli | dark butterfly | "Lesser Magellanic Cloud" | prob. Pieris rapae |
| pünana meli | beehive | ||
| pünanana | house spider | ARANEAE | |
| pünanana | spider | ARANEAE | |
| pünanana | spider web | ARANEAE | |
| pünäwele | fine as threads of spider's web | ||
| punawelewele | spinning spider | ARANEAE | |
| pünäwelewele | spinning spider | ARANEAE | |
| pünäwelewele | spider web (cobweb) | ARANEAE | |
| pu`u | beetle | Coleoptera | |
| pu`u | dry earth beetle | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae? | |
| pu`u | earth bug | Heteroptera | |
| pu`u | ground beetle | Coleoptera: Carabidae? | |
| pu`u | Olinda beetle | Coleoptera | |
| pu`u | Rose beetle | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| pu`u | stink bug | Heteroptera: Pentatomidae | |
| pu`u `ai loke | Rose beetle | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| taranatula | tarantula | ARANEAE | |
| taranatula | tarantula spider | ARANEAE | |
| `ühini | cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| `ühini | locust | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini | long-horn grasshopper | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| `ühini | short-horn grasshopper | Orthoptera: Acrididae | |
| `ühini `akelika | grasshopper | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini `akerida | grasshopper | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini hulu `ole | caterpillar in cocoon | Lepidoptera | |
| `ühini hulu `ole | Palmerworm (caterp. appears in large nos.) | Lepidoptera: | |
| `ühini huluhulu | cankerworm | Lepidoptera | |
| `ühini lele | beetle | Coleoptera | |
| `ühini lele | cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| `ühini pa`awela | edible locust | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini pua | grasshopper nymphs | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini pua | (wingless uhini) | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini pua | locust nymph | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini pua | young edible locust | Orthoptera | |
| `ühini wäwae hä | bald locust | Orthoptera | |
| `uku | any small insect | ||
| `uku | flea | Siphonaptera | |
| `uku | lice | Anoplura | |
| `uku | louse | Anoplura | |
| `uku | mite | ACARI | |
| `uku hipa | mite | ACARI | |
| `uku hipa | sheep mite | (poss. sheep ked) | |
| `uku hipa | "sheep tick" fly | Diptera: Hippoboscidae? | |
| `uku hipa | tick | ACARI | |
| `uku kai | beach sandhoppers | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | |
| `uku kai | sandhopper | AMPHIPODA | |
| `uku kapa | body louse | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus humanus humanus |
| `uku lä`au | wood-eating beetle | Coleoptera | |
| `uku lele | flea | Siphonaptera | |
| `uku li`i | louse | Anoplura | |
| `uku li`i | small flea | Siphonaptera | |
| `uku li`i | small louse | Anoplura | |
| `uku limu | amphipod | AMPHIPODA | |
| `uku limu | sandhopper, beachflea | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | |
| `uku lio | bed bug | Heteroptera: Cimicidae | Cimex lectularius |
| `uku moa | chicken body louse | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Eomenacanthus stramineus |
| `uku moa | hen louse | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon gallinae |
| `uku noho ana | Kaua`i cave amphipod | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | Spelaeorchestia koloana |
| `uku papa | crab louse | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Phthirus pubis |
| `uku pepa | booklouse | Psocoptera: Liposcelidae | Liposcelis divinatoria |
| `uku pepa | booklouse | Psocoptera: Liposcelidae | Liposcelis spp. |
| `uku po`o | head louse | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus humanus capitus |
| `uku pua`a | pig louse | Anoplura: Haematopinidae | Haematopinus suis |
| `ümi`ikö | sugarcane leafhopper | Homoptera: Cicadellidae | Perkinsiella saccharicida |
| `unia | adult cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| `unia | adult locust | Orthoptera | |
| `ünihi | cricket | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| `ünihi | longhorn grasshopper | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| `ünihi | locust | Orthoptera | |
| `upena nananana | spider web (cobweb) | ARANEAE | |
| wai meli | honey | ||
| wehi | long black worm | ||
| wili`öka`i | chrysalis of night moth | Lepidoptera | |
| wili`öka`i | cocoon | Lepidoptera |
ENGLISH-HAWAIIAN
| Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Group Name(s) | Scientific Name |
| adult cricket | `unia | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| adult locust | `unia | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| American cockroach | `elelü `ula`ula | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| American cockroach | `elelü kïkëkë | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| amphipod | `ami kai | AMPHIPODA: Caprellidae | |
| amphipod | `uku limu | AMPHIPODA | |
| amphipod | mahiki | AMPHIPODA | |
| amphipod, Kaua`i cave | `uku noho ana | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | Spelaeorchestia koloana |
| ant | `änonanona | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| ant | lonalona | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| ant | naonao aki | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Pheidole megacephala |
| ant | naonao makali`i | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Plagiolepis mactavishi |
| ant | nonanona | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| ant, flying | naonao | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| ant, soldier | naonao po`o nui | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Pheidole |
| ant, winged | naonao | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| any small insect | `uku | ||
| aphid | `eleao | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| army worm | `anuhe | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| army worm | kupa | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia unipuncta |
| army worm | pe`elua | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia unipuncta |
| army worm, native | kupa | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia spp. |
| Australasian cockroach | `elelü `ula`ula | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta australasiae |
| bald locust | `ühini wäwae hää | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae? | |
| beach sandhoppers | `uku kai | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | |
| beachflea | `uku limu | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | |
| bed bug | `uku lio | Heteroptera: Cimicidae | Cimex lectularius |
| bee | meli | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| bee, carpenter | nalo nui | Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae | Xylocopa sonorina |
| bee, drone | nalo meli noho hale | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| bee, honey | nalo meli | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| bee, queen | nalo meli mö`ï wahine | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| bee, worker | nalo meli pa`ahana | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| beehive | pahu meli | ||
| beehive | pünana meli | ||
| beeswax | kükaenalo | ||
| beeswax | leponalo | ||
| beetle | `ühini lele | Coleoptera | |
| beetle larva | ilo | Coleoptera | |
| beetle | mü | Coleoptera | |
| beetle | pu`u | Coleoptera | |
| beetle, click | känepa`ina | Coleoptera: Elateridae | |
| beetle, dry earth | pu`u | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae? | |
| beetle, feather destroyer | ane | Coleoptera: Dermestidae | |
| beetle, ground | pu`u | Coleoptera: Carabidae? | |
| beetle, larder | ane | Coleoptera: Dermestidae | |
| beetle, Olinda | pu`u | Coleoptera: | |
| beetle, rose | pu`u `ai loke | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| beetle, rose | pu`u | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| beetle, rusty flour larva | mü`ai palaoa | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae | Tribolium castaneum |
| beetle, wood-boring | mü | Coleoptera | |
| beetle, wood-eating | `uku lä`au | Coleoptera | |
| biting fly | puapua | Diptera | |
| black cutworm | poki | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| black cutworm | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| black insect | lö | ||
| bluebottle fly | nalo keleawe | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| bluebottle fly | nalo pilau | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| body louse | `uku kapa | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus h. humanus |
| body louse | hä`uke`uke | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus h. humanus |
| book louse | `uku pepa | Psocoptera | |
| booklouse | `uku pepa | Psocoptera: Liposcelidae | Liposcelis divinatoria |
| booklouse | `uku pepa | Psocoptera: Liposcelidae | Liposcelis spp. |
| bookworm | mü`ai puke | Coleoptera: Anobiidae | |
| borer, wood eating | huhu`ailä`au | ||
| bug | mü | Heteroptera | |
| bug, earth | pu`u | Heteroptera | |
| burrowing worm in sand | moeone | ||
| butterflies, delayed by | `äolo | Lepidoptera | |
| butterflies, obstruction of | `äolo | Lepidoptera | |
| butterfly | `öka`i | Lepidoptera | |
| butterfly | pulelehua | Lepidoptera | |
| butterfly, dark | pulelehua uli | "Lesser Magellanic Cloud" | prob. Pieris rapae |
| butterfly, Kamehameha | lepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| butterfly, Kamehameha | lepelepe | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| butterfly, Kamehameha | lepelepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| butterfly, Kamehameha | pulelehua | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| butterfly, monarch | lepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| butterfly, monarch | lepelepe | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| butterfly, monarch | lepelepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| butterfly, white | pulelehua kawa`ewae | Greater Magellanic Cloud | prob. Pieris rapae |
| butterfly, white | pulelehua kea | Greater Magellanic Cloud | prob. Pieris rapae |
| buzzing of flies (lower pitch) | mumuhu | Diptera | |
| buzzing of hornet | mumuhu | Hymenoptera | |
| buzzing of mosquito (higher pitch) | mumuhi | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| cankerworm | `ühini huluhulu | Lepidoptera | |
| carpenter bee | nalo nui | Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae | Xylocopa sonorina |
| case moth larva | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| case moth | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| caterpillar | `anuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | `enuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | hë | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar horn, sphingid | kähala | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| caterpillar horn, sphinx | puapua | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| caterpillar in cocoon | `ühini hulu `ole | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar in cocoon | lohaloha | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar in cocoon | lohelohe | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar in cocoon | mü | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | mü `ai hea | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | nuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar on sweet potato vines | kähë | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | pe`elua | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar | poko | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, coconut leaf eating | hë | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| caterpillar, dark | kuawehi | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, destructive (eats vegetables) | kuapa`a | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, destructive | kuapa`a | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, first instar | kähë | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, infested with | `anuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, metamorphosis of | ho`omalule | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, metamorphosis of | malule | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillar, palm-leaf pandanus eating | hë | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| caterpillar, sphinx moth | `enuhe | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| caterpillar, sphinx moth | kalawela | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | Agrius cingulata (prob.) |
| caterpillar, tiny | hë | Lepidoptera | |
| caterpillars, infested with | `änuhenuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| centipede | kanapï | CHILOPODA | |
| chicken body louse | `uku moa | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Eomenacanthus stramineus |
| chicken lice | ona moa | Mallophaga? | |
| chicken mite | ane | ACARI | poss. Ornithonyssus bursa |
| chirp as a cricket | nënë | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| chrysalis of night moth | wili`öka`i | Lepidoptera: | |
| click beetle | känepa`ina | Coleoptera: Elateridae | |
| cloth eating insect | huhu | ||
| cloth eating insect | mü | ||
| clothes moth | mü | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| clothes moth, larva & case of | `öpülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| clothes moth, larva & case of | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| cockroach | `elelü | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach | `elelü papa | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, American | `elelü `ula`ula | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| cockroach, American | `elelü kïkëkë | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta americana |
| cockroach, Australasian | `elelü `ula`ula | Dictyoptera: Blattidae | Periplaneta australasiae |
| cockroach, flat, broad | `elelü papa | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, kitchen | `elelü la`a loa | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, large flat | `elehü papa | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, light-colored | `elelü kea | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, sheds skin changes whitish | `elelü kea | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, small | `elelü liilii | Dictyoptera | |
| cockroach, Surinam | `elelü lepo | Dictyoptera: Blaberidae | Pycnoscelus indicus |
| coconut leaf eating caterpillar | hë | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| cocoon | `öwili`öka`i | Lepidoptera | |
| cocoon | lohaloha | Lepidoptera | |
| cocoon | lohelohe | Lepidoptera | |
| cocoon | wili`öka`i | Lepidoptera | |
| crab louse | `uku papa | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Phthirus pubis |
| creeping insect | mea kolo | ||
| cricket | `ühini lele | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket | `ühini | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket | `ünihi | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket song | pololei | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket, adult | `unia | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket, chirp as a | nënë | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cricket, native singing | ho`onënë | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| cutworm | `anuhe | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| cutworm | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| cutworm, black | poki | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| cutworm, black | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | |
| cutworm, greasy | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Agrotis ipsilon |
| cutworm, larger native | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | esp. Agrotis crinigera |
| cutworm, variegated | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Lycophotia porphyrea |
| damselfly | pinao `ula | Odonata | |
| damselfly, red | pinao `ula | Odonata: Coenagrionidae | Megalagrion spp. |
| dark butterfly | pulelehua uli | Lesser Magellanic Cloud | prob. Pieris rapae |
| dark caterpillar | kuawehi | Lepidoptera | |
| dengue | piwa ha`iha`i iwi | ||
| destructive caterpillar (eats vegetables) | kuapa`a | Lepidoptera | |
| destructive caterpillar | kuapa`a | Lepidoptera | |
| destructive insect | holoholona lele | ||
| destructive insect | mü | ||
| dragonfly (variety) | pinao `ula | Odonata | |
| dragonfly larva | `olopelope | Odonata | |
| dragonfly larva | lohaloha | Odonata | |
| dragonfly larva | lohelohe | Odonata | |
| dragonfly larva used as offering | pua`alohelohe | Odonata | |
| dragonfly | pinao | Odonata | |
| dragonfly, young stage (pupa) | po`olänui | Odonata | |
| drone bee | nalo meli noho hale | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| dry earth beetle | pu`u | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae? | |
| dung-eating pinworm | naio `ai kae | ||
| earth bug | pu`u | Heteroptera | |
| earwig | `aha | Dermaptera: Labiduridae | Anisolabis |
| earwig | lö | Dermaptera: Labiduridae | Anisolabis |
| edible locust | ühini pa`awela | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae? | |
| eggs, fly | kükaelä | Diptera | |
| ensign "fly" | nalo paka | Hymenoptera: Evaniidae | |
| feather destroyer beetle | ane | Coleoptera: Dermestidae | |
| fine, as threads of spider's web | pünäwele | ||
| first instar caterpillar | kähë | Lepidoptera | |
| flat, broad cockroach | `elelü papa | Dictyoptera | |
| flea | `uku lele | Siphonaptera | |
| flea | `uku | Siphonaptera | |
| flea, small | `uku li`i | Siphonaptera | |
| flies, buzzing of (lower pitch) | mumuhu | Diptera | |
| flies, small | pönalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| flies, stench that draws | ekikilau | Diptera | |
| fly eggs | kükaelä | Diptera | |
| fly | makika | Diptera | |
| fly | nalo | Diptera | |
| fly, biting | puapua | Diptera | |
| fly, bluebottle | nalo keleawe | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| fly, bluebottle | nalo pilau | Diptera: Calliphoridae | |
| fly, gnat | nalo `aki | Diptera | |
| fly, hippoboscid (parasitic on owl) | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| fly, hippoboscid, "tick" | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| fly, horn | nalo `aki | Diptera: Muscidae | Haematobia irritans |
| fly, house | nalo | Diptera: Muscidae | Musca domestica |
| fly, hover? | nalo keleawe | Diptera: Syrphidae? | |
| fly, lantana gall | nalo pilau | Diptera: Tephritidae | Eutreta xanthochaeta |
| fly, louse | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| fly, "sheep tick" | `uku hipa | Diptera: Hippoboscidae? | |
| fly, small stinging (stable?) | nalo `aki | Diptera: Muscidae | Stomoxys calcitrans? |
| fly, small such as | pönalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| fly, stinging | nalo nahu | ||
| fly, vinegar | pinaonoa | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| fly, vinegar | pönalonalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| flying ant | naonao | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| flying insect | mea lele | ||
| "glow worm"?? | nalo`a | Coleoptera: Lampyridae | [not in Hawai`i] |
| gnat fly | nalo `aki | Diptera | |
| gnat | lonalona | Diptera | |
| gnat | makika | Diptera | |
| gnat | nalo `aki | Diptera | |
| gnat | nonanona | Diptera | |
| gnat | pönalo | Diptera | |
| gnat, small, winged | nonanona | Diptera | |
| gnats, swarming of | pönalo | Diptera | |
| gnats, swarming with | pönalonalo | Diptera | |
| gnats, swarming with | pönanonano | Diptera | |
| grasshopper | `ühini akelika | Orthoptera | |
| grasshopper | `ühini akerida | Orthoptera | |
| grasshopper nymphs (wingless uhini) | `ühini pua | Orthoptera | |
| grasshopper, long-horn | `ühini | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| grasshopper, longhorn | `ünihi | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| grasshopper, short-horn | `ühini | Orthoptera: Acrididae | |
| greasy cutworm | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Agrotis ipsilon |
| ground beetle | pu`u | Coleoptera: Carabidae? | |
| grub | ilo | ||
| head louse | `uku po`o | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus humanus capitus |
| hen louse | `uku moa | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon gallinae |
| hen louse | ona | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon pallidum |
| hippoboscid fly parasitic on owl | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| hippoboscid fly, "tick" | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| honey bee | nalo meli | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| honey | meli | ||
| honey | wai meli | ||
| horn fly | nalo `aki | Diptera: Muscidae | Haematobia irritans |
| hornet | hope`ö | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| hornet | kopena | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| hornet | nalo `aki | Hymenoptera | |
| hornet | nalo hope `eha | Hymenoptera | |
| hornet, buzzing of | mumuhu | Hymenoptera | |
| house fly | nalo | Diptera: Muscidae | Musca domestica |
| house scorpion | kopena | SCORPIONIDA | prob. Isometrus maculatus |
| house spider | pünanana | ARANEAE | |
| hover? fly | nalo keleawe | Diptera: Syrphidae? | |
| Hymenoptera | nalo hope `eha | Hymenoptera | |
| inchworm, looper | `ami | Lepidoptera: Geometridae | |
| infested with caterpillars | `anuhe | Lepidoptera | |
| insect destroys sweet potatoes | `a`awa | ||
| insect destroys vegetables | poki | ||
| insect eaten | `ai `ia | ||
| insect eaten | ane | ||
| insect eaten | huhuhu | ||
| insect eats hard bread | hupupu | ||
| insect eats sweet potato leaves | pakika | ||
| insect feelers | pipi | ||
| insect | holoholona | ||
| insect | holoholona lele | ||
| insect mandibles,"nippers" | niho `aki | ||
| insect on animals | me`eau | ||
| insect on trees | me`eau | ||
| insect, any small | `uku | ||
| insect, black | lö | ||
| insect, cloth eating | huhu | ||
| insect, cloth eating | mü | ||
| insect, creeping | mea kolo | ||
| insect, destructive | holoholona lele | ||
| insect, destructive | mü | ||
| insect, flying | mea lele | ||
| insect, plant eating | mü | ||
| insect, slender (attacks herbs, trees) | kauno`a | ||
| insect, swarming (flies, bees, mosquitos) | mumulu | ||
| insect, wood-boring | huhu | ||
| insecticide | lä`au ho`omake mü | ||
| insecticide | mea pepehi mea kolo | ||
| Kamehameha butterfly | lepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| Kamehameha butterfly | lepelepe | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| Kamehameha butterfly | lepelepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| Kamehameha butterfly | pulelehua | Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae | Vanessa tameamea |
| Kaua`i cave amphipod | `uku noho ana | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | Spelaeorchestia koloana |
| Kaua`i cave wolf spider | pe`epe`emaka`ole | ARANEAE: Lycosidae | Adelocosa anops |
| kitchen cockroach | `elelü la`a loa | Dictyoptera | |
| lantana gall fly | nalo pilau | Diptera: Tephritidae | Eutreta xanthochaeta |
| larder beetle | ane | Coleoptera: Dermestidae | |
| large brown spider, stands high on legs | lanalana | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| large flat cockroach | `elehü papa | Dictyoptera | |
| large house spider | pe`epe`emakawalu | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| large night moth | `öka`i | Lepidoptera | |
| larger native cutworm | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | esp. Agrotis crinigera |
| larva & case of clothes moth | `öpülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| larva & case of clothes moth | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| leafhopper, sugarcane | `ümi`ikö | Homoptera: Cicadellidae | Perkinsiella saccharicida |
| leafhoppers, swarming of | pönalo | Homoptera: Cicadellidae | |
| "let down" spider | ho`oku`uku`u | ARANEAE | |
| lice | `uku | Anoplura | |
| lice | makika | Anoplura | |
| lice | ona | Anoplura | |
| lice, chicken | ona moa | Mallophaga | |
| poss. Ornithonyssus bursa | |||
| lice, search for | nä`uke | Anoplura | |
| lice, search for, delouse | hä`uke | Anoplura | |
| lice, search for, delouse | hä`ule | Anoplura | |
| light-colored cockroach | `elelü kea | Dictyoptera | |
| locust | `ühini | Orthoptera | |
| locust | `ünihi | Orthoptera | |
| locust nymph | `ühini pua | Orthoptera | |
| locust song | pololei | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| locust, adult | `unia | Orthoptera | |
| locust, bald | `ühini wäwae hää | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae? | |
| locust, edible | ühini pa`awela | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae? | |
| locust, to catch edible | kahau | Orthoptera | |
| locust, young edible | `ühini pua | Orthoptera | |
| long black bug with sharp claws | `aha | Dermaptera | |
| long black worm | wehi | ||
| long-horn grasshopper | `ühini | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| long-legged, web-making spider | nananana | ARANEAE | |
| long-legged, web-making spider | nananana | ARANEAE: Theridiidae | Latrodectus spp. |
| longhorn grasshopper | `ünihi | Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae | |
| louse | `uku | Anoplura | |
| louse | `uku li`i | Anoplura | |
| louse egg, nit | lia | Anoplura | |
| louse egg, nit | lia | Anoplura | |
| louse egg, nit | liha | Anoplura | |
| louse egg, nit | liha | Anoplura | |
| louse fly | nalo paka | Diptera: Hippoboscidae | |
| louse | ona | Anoplura | |
| louse, body | `uku kapa | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus h. humanus |
| louse, body | hä`uke`uke | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus h. humanus |
| louse, book | `uku pepa | Psocoptera | |
| louse, chicken body | `uku moa | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Eomenacanthus stramineus |
| louse, crab | `uku papa | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Phthirus pubis |
| louse, head | `uku po`o | Anoplura: Pediculidae | Pediculus humanus capitus |
| louse, head (nit or egg of) | lia | Anoplura | |
| louse, head (nit or egg of) | liha | Anoplura | |
| louse, hen | `uku moa | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon gallinae |
| louse, hen | ona | Mallophaga: Menoponidae | Menopon pallidum |
| louse, pig | `uku pua`a | Anoplura: Haematopinidae | Haematopinus suis |
| louse, small | `uku li`i | Anoplura | |
| maggot | ilo | Diptera | |
| maggots, to be beset by | ilo | Diptera | |
| maggoty | iloilo | ||
| mandibles, insect ("nippers") | niho `aki | ||
| mealybug | ana`uku | Homoptera: Coccidae | |
| measuringworm | `ami | Lepidoptera: Geometridae | |
| metamorphosis of caterpillar | ho`omalule | Lepidoptera | |
| metamorphosis of caterpillar | malule | Lepidoptera | |
| millipede | `aha | DIPLOPODA | |
| mite | `uku | ACARI | |
| mite | `uku hipa | ACARI | |
| mite | ona | ACARI | |
| mite, chicken | ane | ACARI | poss. Ornithonyssus bursa |
| mite, sheep | `uku hipa | (poss. sheep ked) | |
| mites, chicken | ona moa | ACARI | poss. Ornithonyssus bursa |
| monarch butterfly | lepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| monarch butterfly | lepelepe | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| monarch butterfly | lepelepe o Hina | Lepidoptera: Danaidae | Danaus plexippus |
| mosquito larva | naio makika | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| mosquito | makika | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| mosquito, buzzing of (higher pitch) | mumuhi | Diptera: Culicidae | |
| moth eaten | änea | Lepidoptera | |
| moth eaten | nono | Lepidoptera | |
| moth eaten | popopo | Lepidoptera | |
| moth larva, case | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| moth | pulelehua | Lepidoptera | |
| moth, clothes | mü | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| moth, large night | `öka`i | Lepidoptera | |
| moth, larva & case of clothes | `öpülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | Phereoeca allutella |
| moth, larva & case of clothes | pülauoho | Lepidoptera: Tineidae | |
| moth, silk | pe`elua kilika | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| moths, delayed by obstruction of | `äolo | Lepidoptera | |
| mud dauber wasp | nalo lawe lepo | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | |
| mud wasp | nalo lawe lepo | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | Sceliphron caementarium |
| native armyworm | kupa | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Pseudaletia spp. |
| native singing cricket | ho`onënë | Orthoptera: Gryllidae | |
| nit | lia | Anoplura | |
| nit | liha | Anoplura | |
| nit or egg of head louse | lia | Anoplura | |
| nit or egg of head louse | liha | Anoplura | |
| nits | lihaliha | Anoplura | |
| Olinda beetle | pu`u | Coleoptera: | |
| palm-leaf pandanus eating caterpillar | hë | Lepidoptera: Pyralidae | Hedylepta blackburni? |
| Palmerworm (caterp. appears in large nos.) | `ühini hulu `ole | Lepidoptera | |
| parasitic wasp | nalo puka | Hymenoptera | |
| pig louse | `uku pua`a | Anoplura: Haematopinidae | Haematopinus suis |
| pillbug | pokipoki | ISOPODA | |
| pinworm | naio | ||
| pinworm, dung-eating | naio `ai kae | ||
| plant eating insect | mü | ||
| plant lice, swarming of | pönalo | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| plant louse | `eleao | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| plant louse | pönalo | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| queen bee | nalo meli mö`ï wahine | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| red damselfly | pinao `ula | Odonata: Coenagrionidae | Megalagrion spp. |
| rice weevil | mü `ai palaoa | Coleoptera: Curculionidae | Sitophilus oryzae |
| rose beetle | pu`u `ai loke | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| rose beetle | pu`u | Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae | Adoretus sinicus |
| rusty flour beetle larva | mü`ai palaoa | Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae | Tribolium castaneum |
| sandhopper | `uku kai | AMPHIPODA | |
| sandhopper | mahiki | AMPHIPODA | |
| sandhoppers, beach | `uku kai | AMPHIPODA: Talitridae | |
| scale insect | ana`uku | Homoptera: Coccidae | |
| scorpion | kopena | SCORPIONIDA | |
| scorpion | kopiana | SCORPIONIDA: Buthidae | Isometrus maculatus |
| scorpion | mo`o huelo `awa | SCORPIONIDA | |
| scorpion | mo`o niho `awa | SCORPIONIDA | |
| scorpion, house | kopena | SCORPIONIDA | prob. Isometrus maculatus |
| scud | ka`a | CRUSTACEA | |
| search for lice | nä`uke | Anoplura | |
| search for lice, delouse | hä`uke | Anoplura | |
| search for lice, delouse | hä`ule | Anoplura | |
| sheep mite | `uku hipa | (poss. sheep ked) | |
| "sheep tick" fly | `uku hipa | Diptera: Hippoboscidae? | |
| short legged "let down" spider | ku`uku`u | ARANEAE | |
| short-horn grasshopper | `ühini | Orthoptera: Acrididae | |
| silk moth | pe`elua kilika | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| silkworm | `enuhe kilika | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| silkworm | pe`elua kilika | Lepidoptera: Bombycidae | Bombyx mori |
| slender insect (attacks herbs, trees) | kauno`a | ||
| small cockroach | `elelü liilii | Dictyoptera | |
| small flies | pönalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| small fly such as | pönalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| small louse | `uku li`i | Anoplura | |
| small stinging fly, stable? | nalo `aki | Diptera: Muscidae | Stomoxys calcitrans? |
| small winged gnat | nonanona | Diptera | |
| soldier ant | naonao po`o nui | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | Pheidole |
| sowbug | pokipoki | ISOPODA | |
| sphingid caterpillar horn | kähala | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| sphinx caterpillar horn | puapua | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| sphinx moth caterpillar | `enuhe | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | |
| sphinx moth caterpillar | kalawela | Lepidoptera: Sphingidae | Agrius cingulata (prob.) |
| spider dance | hula pe`epe`emakawalu | ARANEAE | |
| spider | lalana | ARANEAE | |
| spider | lanalana | ARANEAE | |
| spider | nananana | ARANEAE | |
| spider | pünanana | ARANEAE | |
| spider web (cobweb) | `upena nananana | ARANEAE | |
| spider web (cobweb) | hihi pünäwelewele | ARANEAE | |
| spider web (cobweb) | pünäwelewele | ARANEAE | |
| spider web | pünanana | ARANEAE | |
| spider, house | pünanana | ARANEAE | |
| spider, Kaua`i cave wolf | pe`epe`emaka`ole | ARANEAE: Lycosidae | Adelocosa anops |
| spider, large brown, stands high on legs | lanalana | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| spider, large house | pe`epe`emakawalu | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| spider, "let down" | ho`oku`uku`u | ARANEAE | |
| spider, long-legged, web-making | nananana | ARANEAE | |
| spider, long-legged, web-making | nananana | ARANEAE: Theridiidae | Latrodectus spp. |
| spider, short legged "let down" | ku`uku`u | ARANEAE | |
| spider, spinning | pünäwelewele | ARANEAE | |
| spider, tarantula | kalanakula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| spider, tarantula | taranatula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| spinning spider | pünäwelewele | ARANEAE | |
| stench that draws flies | ekikilau | Diptera | |
| stinging fly | nalo nahu | ||
| stink bug | pu`u | Heteroptera: Pentatomidae | |
| Surinam cockroach | `elelü lepo | Dictyoptera: Blaberidae | Pycnoscelus indicus |
| swarming insect (flies, bees, mosquitos) | mumulu | ||
| swarming of plant lice | pönalo | Homoptera: Aphididae | |
| tarantula | kalanakula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| tarantula spider | kalanakula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| tarantula spider | taranatula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| tarantula | taranatula | ARANEAE | prob. Heteropoda venatoria |
| termite | huhu | Isoptera | |
| termite | naonao lele | Isoptera | |
| thread waist of wasp | pu`ali | Hymenoptera | |
| tick | `uku hipa | ACARI | |
| tiny caterpillar | hë | Lepidoptera | |
| variegated cutworm | poko | Lepidoptera: Noctuidae | Lycophotia porphyrea |
| vinegar fly | pinaonoa | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| vinegar fly | pönalonalo | Diptera: Drosophilidae | |
| wasp | hope`ö | Hymenoptera | |
| wasp | kopena | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| wasp | nalo hue loa`awa | Hymenoptera | |
| wasp, mud dauber | nalo lawe lepo | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | |
| wasp, mud | nalo lawe lepo | Hymenoptera: Sphecidae | Sceliphron caementarium |
| wasp, parasitic | nalo puka | Hymenoptera | |
| wasp, thread waist of | pu`ali | Hymenoptera | |
| wasp, yellowjacket | hope`ö | Hymenoptera: Vespidae | |
| weevil | mü | Coleoptera: Curculionidae | |
| weevil, rice | mü `ai palaoa | Coleoptera: Curculionidae | Sitophilus oryzae |
| white butterfly | pulelehua kawa`ewae | Greater Magellanic Cloud | prob. Pieris rapae |
| white butterfly | pulelehua kea | Greater Magellanic Cloud | prob. Pieris rapae |
| winged ant | naonao | Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |
| wood eating borer | huhu`ailä`au | ||
| wood-boring beetle | mü | Coleoptera | |
| wood-boring insect | huhu | ||
| wood-eating beetle | `uku lä`au | Coleoptera | |
| worker bee | nalo meli pa`ahana | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Apis mellifera |
| worm | ilo | ||
| worm, burrowing in sand | moeone | ||
| worm, "glow"?? | nalo`a | Coleoptera: Lampyridae | [not in Hawai`i] |
| worm, long black | wehi | ||
| wormy | iloilo | ||
| yellowjacket (wasp) | hope`ö | Hymenoptera: Vespidae |
REFERENCES
Bryan, E.H., Jr. Unpublished manuscript list.
Kent, H.W. 1986. Treasury of Hawaiian Words. Masonic Public Library of Hawai‘i , Honolulu. 475 pp.
Malo, D. 1951. Hawaiian Antiquities. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 278 pp.
Pukui M.K. & S.H. Elbert. 1986. Hawaiian Dictionary. University of Hawai‘i Press, Honolulu. 572 pp.