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A list of butterflies, moths and caterpillars in fiction. Classification : Fictional animals : Invertebrates : Arthropods : Insects : Butterflies and moths Pages in category "Fictional butterflies and moths"
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 ...
Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Fictional butterflies and moths (17 P) C. Fictional cockroaches (12 P) ... Pages in category "Fictional insects"
In some cultures, butterflies symbolise rebirth. [27] In the English county of Devon, people once hurried to kill the first butterfly of the year, to avoid a year of bad luck. [28] In the Philippines, a lingering black butterfly or moth in the house is taken to mean a death in the family. [29]
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"The species is named after the fictional deity Hydra (also known as Mother Hydra), created by the American writer of cosmic horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and firstly introduced in the short story The Shadow over Innsmouth, published in 1936. In the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Mother Hydra is the consort of Father ...
Elnora, who collects moths to pay for her education, and lives the Golden Rule; Philip Ammon, who assists in moth hunting, and gains a new conception of love; Mrs. Comstock, who lost a delusion and found a treasure; Wesley Sinton, who always did his best; Margaret Sinton, who "mothers" Elnora; Billy, a boy from real life; Edith Carr, who ...
"The Moth and the Star" is a fable by James Thurber, [1] printed in the story collection Fables for Our Time in 1940. In the fable, a young moth aspires to fly up to a star, and keeps trying to reach that impossible goal. The other moths laugh at him. They tell him he should have a realistic goal, such as flying to a candle.