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Related to Somewhere an Ornithologist Is Crying and Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying, this trope covers grievous errors concerning insects and arachnids (spiders, scorpions, mites, etc.). One common example is humans imposing inappropriate gender roles on insects. Often, the colonies of eusocial hymenopteran insects (bees, wasps, and ants) are depicted in cartoons as having male workers, whereas in Real Life, all the workers are female. (The "no male workers" rule applies only to eusocial insects in the order Hymenoptera, however. Termites are eusocial and they have both male and female workers.) Another example is the appearance a blood-sucking male mosquito. Only female mosquitoes suck blood.

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  • Somewhere an Entomologist Is Crying
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  • Related to Somewhere an Ornithologist Is Crying and Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying, this trope covers grievous errors concerning insects and arachnids (spiders, scorpions, mites, etc.). One common example is humans imposing inappropriate gender roles on insects. Often, the colonies of eusocial hymenopteran insects (bees, wasps, and ants) are depicted in cartoons as having male workers, whereas in Real Life, all the workers are female. (The "no male workers" rule applies only to eusocial insects in the order Hymenoptera, however. Termites are eusocial and they have both male and female workers.) Another example is the appearance a blood-sucking male mosquito. Only female mosquitoes suck blood.
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  • Related to Somewhere an Ornithologist Is Crying and Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying, this trope covers grievous errors concerning insects and arachnids (spiders, scorpions, mites, etc.). One common example is humans imposing inappropriate gender roles on insects. Often, the colonies of eusocial hymenopteran insects (bees, wasps, and ants) are depicted in cartoons as having male workers, whereas in Real Life, all the workers are female. (The "no male workers" rule applies only to eusocial insects in the order Hymenoptera, however. Termites are eusocial and they have both male and female workers.) Another example is the appearance a blood-sucking male mosquito. Only female mosquitoes suck blood. Then, there is the matter of spiders being able to hiss. With some species, being able to hiss is Truth in Television, with some tarantulas (like The Barking spider). There are also varieties Trapdoor spiders that hiss. Watch the spider hiss.) but not all. Perhaps the most Egregious example, though, is drawing insects with four legs instead of the correct six. This is kindergarten science, People! Kindergarten! Another example is that, because of Small Taxonomy Pools and the Rule of Scary, a big arachnid that's not very dangerous in real life (such as a tarantula or an Emperor Scorpion) will be treated as if it is highly dangerous. Tarantulas, and the biggest species of scorpions, mainly have venoms that will have little effect on something as big as a human. The most venomous spiders and scorpions are typically quite small. The big ones are chosen because the little ones won't show up on a movie screen and because if an animal with weak venom did end up biting anyone on the cast or crew, it would be less of a problem than if an animal with strong venom bit them. There's also the size issue. As in, you can't make a functioning invertebrate that is big enough for a human to ride upon/be eaten by/etc., but that never stopped anyone. Subtrope of You Fail Biology Forever. Supertrope of Insect Gender Bender and Four-Legged Insect. See also Funny Animal Anatomy. Examples:
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