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Box office. $363.3 million [ 2] A Bug's Life is a 1998 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's second feature-length film, following Toy Story (1995). The film was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Andrew Stanton (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Darla K ...
List of Pixar films. Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. Pixar has produced 28 feature films, which were all released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner, with its first being Toy Story (which was also the first CGI-animated ...
Ophiocordyceps sinensis ( synonym Cordyceps sinensis ), known colloquially as caterpillar fungus, is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is mainly found in the meadows above 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) on the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet and the Himalayan regions of Bhutan, India, and Nepal.
Trombiculidae ( / trɒmbɪˈkjuːlɪdiː / ), commonly referred to in North America as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. [ 3] Chiggers are often confused with jiggers – a type of flea. Several species of Trombiculidae in their larva stage ...
Grasshoppers are diurnal insects, meaning they are most active during the day time. Grasshoppers have had a long relationship with humans. Swarms of locusts can have devastating effects and cause famine, having done so since Biblical times. [ 2] Even in smaller numbers, the insects can be serious pests.
Locust. Locusts, such as this migratory locust ( Locusta migratoria ), are grasshoppers in a migratory phase of their life. Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster [ 1]) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain ...
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. [ 1] Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera; it includes over 10,000 ...
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and ...