French Insect Names

Have you ever wondered how to say different kinds of insects (les insectes) in French? On this page you’ll find a complete vocabulary list for french insect words. Some of the translations are quite fun! For example the word for centipede is “le mille-pates“, which literally means, “the thousand feet” as “centipede” is Latin for “hundred feet”. Another fun translation is “la mante religieuse“, which means “religious mantis” or the English, “praying mantis”.  Click on any of the words or pictures, listen, repeat and practice your pronunciation!

la coccinelle ladybug	le papillon butterfly	l’abeille (f) bee
le mille-pattes centipede	le scarabée beetle	la fourmi ant
la mante religieuse praying mantis	la mouche fly	la moustique mosquito
la puce flea	la sauterelle grasshopper	le frelon hornet
l’araignée spider	le cafard cockroach	la guêpe wasp

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