Caterpillar - Caterpillar

Japanese: イナムシ - いなむし
Caterpillar - Caterpillar

...These locusts have been causing great damage in China, Africa and other places for a long time.
[Folklore]
They are also known as inamushi and onimushi. These names probably come from the fact that they swarm around ears of rice when the rice is ripening.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Inamushi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この飛蝗は中国,アフリカなどで昔から大害を与えてきている。バッタ飛蝗【山崎 柄根】
[民俗]
 イナムシ,オオネムシの名もある。水稲の成熟期に稲穂に群がるところからこの名が出たのであろう。…

※「イナムシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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