bugdom

The essence of being a bug.

Noun

  1. The essence of being a bug.
    • Among the most potent of biological control agents are the natural enemies, the predators, of bugdom. - 1991, Rhonda Massingham Hart, Using Beneficial Insects:
    • The next second all the bugs in the field became frozen into silence by the appearance of the loveliest form in all bugdom. - 2012, R. Evans Pansing, Fact and Fiction: Fiction and Reality, page 66:

    Synonyms: insectdom

Origin

From bug + -dom.