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Character Species Work Notes Amedee Fly: Urbanus: One of Urbanus' pets. He is able to talk and by far the most intelligent character in the series, bordering to genius. [1] Bug Daddy and Chile Bugs Pogo: Ferdy the Ant Ant: Ferda Mravenec: Created by Ondřej Sekora and adapted in an animated TV series in 1984. He is an adventurous, hard working ...
Insect cooking oil, insect butter and fatty alcohols can be made from such insects as the superworm (Zophobas morio). [199] Insect species including the black soldier fly or the housefly in their maggot forms, and beetle larvae such as mealworms , can be processed and used as feed for farmed animals including chicken, fish and pigs. [ 200 ]
Other blood-sucking insects infect livestock with diseases that kill many animals and greatly reduce the usefulness of others. [162] Ticks can cause tick paralysis and several parasite -borne diseases in humans. [ 163 ]
Lists of characters in a fictional work (mostly people) List of fictional rabbits and hares; List of fictional rodents (mice, rats, beavers, squirrels, porcupines, etc.) List of fictional ungulates (cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, zebras, deer, camels, giraffes, etc.) List of fictional horses
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs.
Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981: Anglerfish: Gargantua [18]†Gargantuavis Buffetaut & Le Loeuff, 1998 Bird: Gargantua A genus of fossil flightless birds from the Cretaceous of Europe, and the largest known birds of the Mesozoic era; "generic name from Gargantua, the giant of French folklore made famous by François Rabelais, and avis ...
The subphylum Hexapoda (from Greek for 'six legs') or hexapods comprises the largest clade of arthropods and includes most of the extant arthropod species. It includes the crown group class Insecta (true insects), as well as the much smaller clade Entognatha, which includes three classes of wingless arthropods that were once considered insects: Collembola (springtails), Protura (coneheads) and ...
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.