Aragog was an Acromantula—an enormous, sentient spider capable of speech—who made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student. In his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid was caught talking to Aragog in the dungeons by Tom Riddle, who alleged that Aragog was the "Monster of Slytherin" and that Hagrid had opened the Chamber of Secrets.
Archy was a cockroach who had been a free verse poet in a previous life, and took to writing stories and poems on an old typewriter at the newspaper office when everyone in the building had left. Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach.
A rare if not extinct species of very large spider used by the vampire, Mr. Crepsley, to perform in his stage act, where he communicates with her telepathically. Her venomous bite is extremely deadly, as shown when she bites Steve Leonard and he almost dies (surviving only thanks to antivenin).
The main antagonist of the book. He hates living on Mercury because the extreme temperatures ruin his everyday activities. In order to deal with these issues, he decides to take over Earth with the help of some mutant mosquitoes he created with his fingernails.
The plot of this famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is set in motion by the fact that the tailor kills seven flies in one blow. When he brags about this people assume he is talking about giants, causing the king to send him away on a mission to kill a giant that torments the country.
The main antagonist of the book. He is the worst litterbug living on Saturn, and he grows to hate living on Saturn because of how polluted it is. He decides to take over Earth so he can pollute a new planet, but this attempt is not successful.
Described as an evil spirit in the form of a spider. She is mentioned briefly in The Lord of the Rings, and plays a supporting role in The Silmarillion. Her origins are unclear, as Tolkien's writings only reveal than that she is from "before the world". She is one of a few instances, along with Tom Bombadil and the Cats of Queen Berúthiel.
Is said to possess highly toxic venom and is incredibly aggressive and dangerous species of spider. While small, are shown to be incredibly fast and agile. Also portrayed in the TV series adaptation Game of Thrones
The scheming hermit crab of the strip. He is rude, abrasive, insulting, stingy, and a borderline criminal. Hawthorne, unlike other hermit crabs, prefers a beer can rather than a seashell.
Ananse tales are some of the best-known in West Africa[5] The stories made up an exclusively oral tradition, and indeed Ananse himself was synonymous with skill and wisdom in speech.[6] It was as remembered and told tales that they crossed to the Caribbean and other parts of the New World with captives via the Atlantic slave trade.[7]
In Greek mythology Arachne was a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, to a weaving contest; this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider.
the aggressively anti-Semitic bumblebee who acted as co-host for the Hamas-broadcast children's TV series between July and February 2007 when according to the plot he was martyred. Hates cats.
A yellow and brown striped honey bee who is the Challenging Spirit (in the case of Jewelpet Twinkle, she symbolizes the Confusion Removal). She wears a flower-shaped purple jewel necklace and a purple crystal bow on her head. She has fuchsia antennae and her stinger is thistle-colored.
A tiger beetle who envies Turbo's fame and wishes to outrace him, even resorting to cheating. He does not tolerate losing, and even threatens to ravage Turbotown until he wins a race.
The son of a Queen bee, Hutch is separated from his mother when his native beehive is destroyed by an attack of wasps. The series follows Hutch as he searches for his missing mother, in the midst of a frequently hostile nature.[10]
A 13 year old teenage fly who dreams of becoming a rock star. She attends Buzzdale Academy with her best friend Rayna Cartflight and her arch nemesis Dawn Swatworthy. She has her mother and father named Frieda and Chauncey Pesky, her little sister who is a maggot named Bella Pesky, and has her younger and older brothers named Pupert and Aldrin Pesky. She is voiced by Jessica DiCicco.
Owner of the Chum Bucket and arch enemy of Mr. Krabs. He is always trying to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula but is always unsuccessful. He often thinks and speaks of evil anarchist points of view and wishes to rule the world. He sells chum which is disgusting slop of innards and blood that is often used to attract sharks and other predatory fish. He has a computer wife named Karen, who is actually a "W.I.F.E." (Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph). Karen usually gives Plankton ideas to steal the Krabby Patty formula, which he often censors out and takes them as his. Plankton and Karen's marital relationship is often shown as very dysfunctional. His first appearance was in "Plankton!".
A small aggressive bee who is frequently an enemy of Donald and Pluto. In many of his appearances he is on a quest to gather food. He is a one-time friend to Donald in the Disney short Let's Stick Together (1952)
A giant crustacean who is the main antagonist to Moana and Maui when they visit Lalotai (The Realm of Monsters). Notable for collecting gold treasure which he sings a song about.
A family of ants are the recurring characters who kills or tortures Sniffles. The Ants get revenge by torturing and killing the anthropomorphic anteater in the most sadistic ways possible, most notably in Crazy Ant-ics, Tongue Twister Trouble, A Hard Act to Swallow, Suck It Up and Tongue in Cheek.
Wally B. is a large quadrupedal bee who teases André after the latter woke up. Although Wally B. is a drone bee, he has a stinger that bends once stung.
Wanna-Bee is a member of F.L.O.P.P. who first appeared in "The Spelling Bee", where he temporarily operated his stand-alone villain career as the Spelling Bee.
Charmy Bee (チャーミー・ビー, Chāmī hachi) is a bee who is the "scatter-brained funny-kid" of the Chaotix.[11] He is cheerful, curious, playful, careless, and greatly energetic, often talking about things no one else cares about.[12] Charmy's fooling around makes the rest of the detective agency staff look professional, and he is generally seen as a "cute mascot".[13] Despite an innocent,[12] good-natured and light-hearted personality, he uses his stinging tail on rare occasions that he gets angry.[12][13] In addition being a playable character in Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog, he made cameos in both Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games installments as a referee.
Murfy is a greenbottle who appeared for the first time in the video game Rayman 2: The Great Escape, where he is nicknamed the "flying encyclopaedia". He has a hasty nature and he appears bored with his job.
Queen Bee is the queen of the Honeyhive Galaxy and the Honeyhop Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. She is an extremely large Bee who is the rightful ruler of the Worker Bees. She also appeared in Mario Kart 7 as an unlockable racer, being one of the heaviest characters in the game.
An entomologist with his soul and mind transferred into the body of cockroach and is forced to travel through the dangerous dilapidated bar he lives in.
^See for instance Ashanti linguist staff finial in the Metropolitan Museum of Art which relates to the saying "No one goes to the house of the spider Ananse to teach him wisdom."
