#Pääsusaba (Pääsusaba)
#Shortlisted #Lühiknimekiri
#Swallowtail (butterfly), #PapilioMachaon. Like #Paabusilma, street planned but never built. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also #Silmiku.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Insects #Putukad

#Õle (Õlg)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn
#Straw or, when plural, chaff or thatch. #Õlg:õla, on the other hand, is shoulder, hence any coleopteran antero-lateral elytral protuberance although I have my doubts that this would spontaneously appeal to a street-naming committee.
#Insects#Putukad

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#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
#Leediku (Leedik)
#Pyralid or snout moth. Numerous species, including the ubiquitous iniquitous #kirjuleedik (#kirju meaning variegated, mottled,, etc., see #Kirilase) or meal moth, #PyralisFarinalis. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also #Lumiku.

#Insects #Putukad

#Parmu (Parm)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Sääse
Horsefly, gadfly, Tabanidae. Largest of the true flies, major pollinators but nasty biters. #Estonia is home to 1% of the world’s 3000-odd species. Part of an insect street-name group. See also #Sipelga.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Insects #Putukad

2) Bot-, Gad- or Warble-fly, divided into three families: #nahakiinlased, ‘skin bot flies’, #Hypodermatinae;# maokiinlased, ‘stomach bot flies’, #Gasterophilinae; and #ninakiinlased, ‘nose bot flies’, #Oestrinae. The latter are the bugger.
#Insects #Putukad
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