Background

What are insect dreams about?

We tend to think of insects as just being bugs or small creatures. Insects are animals. There are a profound number of different types of insects. In fact, they might represent over 90% of the different types of animal species. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about insect dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with insect dreams. These are the words that make insect dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of insect dreams can be illuminating about show insects affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example insect dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how insects in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that insect is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that insect is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, insect dreams have more hatred than 79.1% of dream symbols, more eating and drinking than 77.8% of dream symbols, and more animals than 76.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, insect dreams have less strangers than 92.2% of dream symbols, less friendly acts than 91.2% of dream symbols, and less human-made places than 90.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of insects are very social! Insect dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that insect dreams have are so social. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of insects is different than dreams of insects in general.

3.8%

of dreams have insects

How common are insect dreams?

3.8% of dreams have the insects symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 25 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are insect dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by the presence of other dream symbols such as ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, flies, general insects, ladybugs, leeches, lice, maggots, mosquitoes, parasites, roaches, spiders, ticks, wasps, and worms.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of insects?

Insects dreams are notable because they have substantially more parasites in body, widows, C-3PO, Princess Leia, emaciation, R2-D2, infesting, body changes, cocoons, scorpions, talismans than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of insects?

Insects dreams are notable because they have substantially less Algeria, Somalia, Finland, Gimli, Guatemala, Sauron, Haiti, Han Solo, Ethiopia, pheasants, ovaries than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into insect dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in insect dreams.

Who is in dreams of insects?

Who is in dreams of insects?

Dreams of insects are more related to animals than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, much less related to strangers, and less related to peers.

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What are the emotions in dreams of insects?

What are the emotions in dreams of insects?

Insect dreams are more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

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Where do dreams of insects take place?

Where do dreams of insects take place?

Dreams of insects are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of insects?

What happens in dreams of insects?

Dreams of insects are more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, much less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

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How do dreams of insects related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of insects related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of insects are less related to lucid dreams, less related to vivid dreams, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of insects related the senses?

How do dreams of insects related the senses?

Dreams of insects are less related to hearing and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of insects in dreams?

Insect dreams are relatively common. Among other things insect dreams are very social. Do you think this is true for your dream of insects? How might your dream of insects be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience insects in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about insects in dreams. See how you feel about insects now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of insects

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of insect dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for insect dreams. Read at your own risk.

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