insect swarm
Massed flying pests
An insect swarm is a large group of insects moving together, often in flight.
Locusts swarm destructively across cropland; bees swarm when establishing a new colony.
The term extends to any dense, chaotic mass of flying or crawling insects: A swarm of mosquitoes descended on the campsite.
Figuratively, anything overwhelming in number swarms.
- buzzContinuous low drone
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- hive mindUnified group consciousness
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
buzzing sound · locusts · bees · killer bees · wasps · flies · mosquitoes · drone · frenzy · cloud · black cloud · pestilence · sting · wings · crawling · infestation · teeming · biblical
presence/absence
insect swarmsterile environment
Space without living microorganisms
empty space · void · vacancy
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