Dreams about insects – what do they mean? (dream interpretation insects)
Dream interpretation insects or bugs. Dreaming about creepy-crawlies is not uncommon, but what does it actually mean? It can be several things.
NOTE: Corona-update (April 2020) – the corona pandemic has resulted in a huge increase in dreams about bugs/insects attacking / crawling all over the body (as shown in preliminary corona pandemic dream research). In this image these dreams might simply symbolize our reaction (deep down) to the pandemic.
Mostly our fear/anxiety in relation to the virus – that then might show that we are more afraid/anxious than we maybe think we are.
Other angles on insect dreams / dreams about bugs:
Negative feelings that haunt you. Dreaming about insects or bugs – especially in large numbers – is often a symbol of negative thoughts or feelings (guilt, anxiety) that haunt you or, more metaphorically, crawls through your unconscious mind. You might ask yourself: what is it I am trying to push away or will not face?
Is it an old habit or previous experience that I am trying to avoid confronting and which is now popping up? If previous bad experiences lurk in the unconscious mind, one thing is certain: they influence – often in a negative manner – the way you think and act when you are awake.
This can for example be about low self-esteem because of the bad experience or a significant unconscious feeling of envy that may ruin your relationships with others.
Not being in touch with your instincts. However, it can also be about a fundamental instinctive part of yourself that you are not utilizing. In other words, you can be too “in your head” (too rational or logical), and a dream about loads of insects can in this way be a strong indication to change your approach to life and the challenges you might encounter.
Try noticing how you feel instead of overthinking things.
The individual insects can also be significant. An ant can symbolize a more group based and organized approach to life – a lone ant can therefore mean isolation. Do you have to ask for help and bring others into the solution to your challenges, or do you have to find your inner organizer?
The group mentality also applies to bees, but a bee that stings you can mean that someone or something has “stung you” – have you recently been hurt by others (external interpretation), or has a sudden inner impulse/feeling left negative traces (internal interpretation)? A significant theme in the world of dreams is spiders – see the blog post about Spiders.
Caterpillars, cocoons and butterflies are often signs of something growing into something bigger and better – a process of maturing, in other words. What inside of you is right now a caterpillar that one day could become a big, beautiful butterfly?
Worms – depending on the species – often feed on decaying things, and a dream where worms appear might be a symbol of something within you rotting or decaying. This can be a positive thing (destructive thoughts and patterns that have died), but it can also be a strong and positive, but unused aspect of yourself, and if you are not careful, this aspect might be lost.
Worms, however, can also symbolize something you feel threatened by, maybe a weakness or negativism.
If you are dreaming about ringworm, this might mean you have to take better care of your body (it will rarely mean that you actually have ringworm).
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
NOTE: Dream interpretation is not always an easy skill, and when you dream about insects, it is almost certainly about something different for you than it is for someone else dreaming about insects. It is crucial that you feel the interpretation fits you, but it might be the case that the above interpretations do not suit you and your situation.
i have these strange dreams about people splitting in half and then bugs feasting on their insides, or crawling out of eyes, nose, ears, etc. what does this mean??
I dreamt about fishes in an aquarium locked and insects in a bag packed and as soon as I opened the cover bag I found insects coming out and also a snake (In green colour with black spots) which was crawling towards my mom.
I had a dream abt a lot of bugs but what stuck out to me the most was worms a whole lot of worms there was big worms and little worms and snake size worms it was in every room of house it’s like we couldn’t escape them and we couldn’t kill them
I actually had a dream right before waking that some sort of bug crawled up my nose thru my nostril. And then i woke up and in shock and felt like that insect was still there or that the semi hallucinatio or hypnogogic dream was real.
Then the following night there was a dream in which the bug was in my throat, then all of a sudden took over my mouth and it morphed into a bug’s mouth with antennas, and although this seems most disturbing, I find comfort in that it is somewhat nirmal.
I have been having bug issues both in dreams at night and during the day the last 2 1/2 years. Last week I had a ham sandwich during the day and that night I had a dream I was in a large grocery store and had my food at the checkout. The woman working there lays ham all over my food and I watch 5 roaches grow out of the ham.
I woke up and thought I am definately not eating any pig anymore (which i rarely do anyway). I also thought I should test the dream, so i bought Thai flavored pork rhines and ate a half a piece. Four hours later there was a roach in my house near where I was sitting. I have never this lifetime had a roach in my space.
I eat extremely pure, organic and a specific diet to keep my vibration high, but if I cheat even a little, like a dairy product thats gone a bit sour, I will dream with the samenilla bacteria. Then I just do a two week cleanse to keep my inner system flowing.
I have wasp medicine (who are my helpers) and saw a metalic blue one (in waking life) the other day. I looked to see what the “enemy of the blue wasp is” so I know what I am dealing with in animism and it is the black widow. I usually will have manifestations within 24 hours. There was no black widow but a friend had come over.
A week later a friend of mine said he had a blue metalic wasp land on his shoulder and later that day, saw a black widow in his sink. So this time it was not about me but I was given warning by the blue wasp and told my friend that he is carrying some inner poison (something negative) from his past (back of his right shoulder) and needs to work on that.
I remember in 1995-2000 so many people dreamed about the appocolypse but it didn’t happen back then. Dreams have very personal meanings and many people back then were waking up (or at least the second group of four groups were).
Bugs to me have always revealed something hidden, deep in the earthy parts of our physical life. Bugs are also ruled by Scorpio and things hidden. They also can represent the breakdown of matter (symbolic for our physical body) as in sickness, bacteria, disease etc.