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Insects.

Ngarara, general name for all insects.

Anuhe, large caterpillar

Aweto, caterpillar; feeds on the kumara; the grub which vegetates

Iroiro, grub

Hataretare, slug, snail

Hawato, caterpillar

Heiro, maggot

Hotete, a caterpillar which vegetates. (Sphæria Robt.)

Howaka, cerambyx

Huhu, a grub which bores into wood

Huhu, moth

Hurangi, fly

Kakaraiti, grasshopper

Kapapa, large cerambyx

Kapokapowai, dragon fly

Katipo, venomous spider. One kind red, and one black with a red spot on its back

Keha, flea

Kekeriru, large black wood-bug. (Cimex nemoralis)

Kekerewai, a little green beetle eaten by the natives

Kekewai, dragon fly. Syn. with Kapokapowai

Keriru. Syn. with Kekeriru

Ketoketo, maggot

Kihikihi, chrysalis

Kihikihi, grasshopper

Kikitara, dragon fly. Syn. with Kapokapowai

Kiriwenua, garden bug

Koeke, grasshopper

Kopi, chrysalis

Kowitiwiti, small grasshopper

Kurikuri, a grub which makes a small hole in the earth, and afterwards turns into a green bronzed beetle specked with white

Kutikuti, fly blow

Kutu, louse

Kutukutu, maggot

Kuwaru, grub

Makokorori, caterpillar

Mamahiti, small grasshopper. Syn. with Kowitiwiti

Mawitiwiti, grasshopper

Moeone, species of grub

Moko, caterpillar

Mokoroa, a large caterpillar

Mumutaua, a large brown beetle found on the sand-hills

Mumuwaru, large brown beetle

Muwaru, caterpillar

Naenae, mosquito

Naonao, small moth

Namu, sand fly

Ngairoa, mosquito. Syn. with Waeroa

Ngaro, fly

Ngata, slug, leach

Ngaungau, midge

Papapapa, small brown beetle

Pepe, a grub in wood

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Pepe, moth

Pepe Atua, butterfly

Pepepe, butterfly

Pepe Tuna, very large green moth

Poko, ant

Pokorua, ant. Syn. with Poko

Puawere, spider

Purehurehu, large butterfly

Pukupuku, caterpillar

Purerehua, cadis fly

Puruhi, flea

Puwerewere, spider. Syn. with Puauwere

Pungawerewere, spider. Syn. with Puwerewere

Pungoungou, large chrysalis

Rango, large meat fly

Rika, nit

Riia, nit. Syn. with Rika

Riki, the eggs of the louse

Ro, mantis. It is a native saying, if a married woman sees this insect she will conceive

Tarakihi, locust

Tatarakihi, locust. Syn. with Tarakihi

Tuiau, flea. Syn. with Puruhi

Titiwai, a small luminous earth worm

Tunga, grub

Tungongo, chrysalis

Tungoungou, large chrysalis

Waeroa, musquito. Syn. with Naenae

Wairaka, a mantis. Syn. with Ro

Wenewene, an insect

Weri, caterpillar. Syn. with Hotete

Weta, large insect

Whe, caterpillar