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  2. Insects in literature - Wikipedia

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    Insects have appeared in literature from classical times to the present day, an aspect of their role in culture more generally. Insects represent both positive qualities like cooperation and hard work, and negative ones like greed.

  3. List of fictional arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Insect fictional The Stingiest Man in Town: Barry B. Benson: Honey bee Bee Movie: Barry B. Benson (Voiced by Jerry Seinfeld) is "just an ordinary bee" in a hive in Sheep Meadow, Central Park in New York City. Bim Heimlich Caterpillar A Bug's Life: An overweight caterpillar who speaks with a German accent and longs to be a butterfly. Bumble ...

  4. Category:Fictional insects - Wikipedia

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  5. Moth - Wikipedia

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    Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...

  6. Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy - Wikipedia

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    The motif of the insect became widely used in science fiction as an "abject human/insect hybrids that form the most common enemy" in related media. [11] Bugs or bug-like shapes have been described as a common trope in them, and the term 'insectoid' is considered "almost a cliche" with regards to the "ubiquitous way of representing alien life".

  7. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    "Like Batman, species of Trissolcus are dark in color, rarely seen by the public, kill bad guys (stink bugs) for the benefit of humankind, and are at times unfairly vilified on the basis of their name (parasitic wasp). The epithet derives from the Greek words 'nycteris,' meaning 'bat', and 'aner,' meaning 'man'" [224]

  8. Glossary of entomology terms - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.. When present, elytra of the Staphylinidae are markedly abbreviate. This fly in the genus Scaptomyza has clearly visible rows of para-sagittal acrostichal bristles on its thorax the alitrunk of aculeate Hymenoptera comprises the three thoracic segments, plus the propodeum, which strictly ...

  9. Category:Mythological insects - Wikipedia

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    Mythological insects. Pages in category "Mythological insects" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent ...