(n.) local people; to describe someone who knows an area particularly well

a litterbug

litura

worms that grow and live in manure; muckworms

muckworm

verb; literally: put the bug into the ass, it means ask for trouble; make trouble for oneself, mess up at the end

verb; it means ask for trouble; make trouble for oneself, mess up at the end

catching bugs; it means someone who does something not worthwhile and gets himself / herself in trouble

firefly

a metaphor for going through excessive and drastic measures unnecessarily in order to avoid a small problem; literally 'cut off one's toes to avoid sandworms'; palliative; something that treats the symptom but not the underlying problem

insecticide; pesticide

a poisonous insect; a drug addict

(animal) woolly bear caterpillar

a mighty know-all is no match for an ordinary local (idiom)

(noun) Coral polyps

to describe someone or something that is unreliable

(noun) a walking stick that grows parasites, stick-bugs

(verb) have parasites; (disease) people have worms

Bettle (model of Volkswagen)

rice worm

(noun) tubifex worms

Flowers and birds; the world of nature

a bookworm

lazy person; one who is not willing to look for work (slang)

Ticks

bugs

strategist (slang)

silkworm

turn of the tide

hookworm;ancylostoma