History Main / BigCreepyCrawlies

TruthInTelevision back in the Carboniferus Period, but only possible due to higher oxygen levels at the time -- such animals lack lungs and breathe, at best, via trachea stuck in the abdomen wrapped in carapace, so ones that get too big can't absorb enough oxygen to survive, and those that get a lot of trachea (centipedes) constantly risk dehydration. The SquareCubeLaw also holds them down.

-->-- '''Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1'' 2x10 "Bane"

* Lutecia of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' [[SummonMagic summons insects]] of varying levels of largeness. From the human-sized Garyu, to the car-sized Jiraiyo, to the {{Kaiju}}-sized Hakutenou.

* ''TheConduit'' has creepy crawlies of all sizes, but the big ones include the man-sized Drones, the eight-feet-tall Scarabs, and the tank-sized Invaders.

* VideoGame/{{Fallout}} games feature a handful of giant bugs [[ILoveNuclearPower mutated by radiation]], including two-foot Radroaches, Radscorpions that grow upwards of six feet long, and Giant Ants, some of which breathe fire.

* Some of the enemies in the ''SuperMarioBros'' series games appear to be giant insects. The most notable examples would include Buzzy Beetles, which resemble reptilian beetles that act like Koopas, but cannot be killed with fireballs; Wigglers, giant yellow caterpillars that will become angry if stomped on; Mandibugs, giant beetles that charge at either Mario/Luigi and can only be killed with a GroundPound, due to them having a large star on their backs; and Flipbugs, cowardly insects that will run away if they see Mario/Luigi, and falling over if they get too close.

* Several of the enemies in ''{{Solatorobo}}'', including one called the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bigant]]". Elh thinks they are horrifying and demands that Red [[EekAMouse kill them imediately]]; Red, for his part, says they are "harmless" (despite the fact that they try to kill you [[EverythingTryingToKillYou like any other enemy]]), but usually goes about killing them anyway.

* The People-Eating Poly-Sorbate Insectoid (P.E.P.S.I.) from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' It [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060617.html ate the main character once.]] But he got better.

->''On [[Literature/StarshipTroopers Klendathu]], [[RussianReversal bug squashes you]]!''

-->-- Jack O'Neill, ''Series/StargateSG1'' 2x10 "Bane"

* ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has several of these, most notably the building-sized woodlice known as the Ohmu. While they can be unbelievably dangerous when provoked, they're usually quite docile & even kindly, with the Ohmu being portrayed as extremely wise, {{Gentle Giant}}s, akin to terrestrial whales.

* The Magic World jungle in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' contains dung beetles that are around the size of a human torso.

* The ant and the scorpion in ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' are normal-sized, but due to our protagonists [[ShrinkRay being minaturized]], end up having the appearance of BigCreepyCrawlies onscreen.

* The Zerg of ''StarCraft''.

* The People-Eating Poly-Sorbate Insectoid (P.E.P.S.I.) from ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' It [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060617.html ate the main character once.]] But he got better.
* The entire cast of Webcomic/DaddyLongLegs is made up of anthropomorphic arthropods, the smallest of which are about human-sized.

* Reemus, of ''TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus'', tends to deal with these guys, which makes the fact that he's not quite as famous or well-respected as his dragonslayer brother just a bit nonsensical, since Reemus can and sometimes does take out entire colonies of giant beasties in his line of work, while his brother usually only gets one at a time.

* Commander Badas from ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' is very uncomfortable around millipedes ever since his tour on the Millipede planet during Millipede season. He spent most of it literally covered in huge millipedes. The kicker was an encounter with a giant millipede that promptly vomited even more millipedes on his head. So of course his daughter got herself a pet millipede.

* The ''MartinMystery'' episode "Terror from the Sky" had the protagonists deal with giant bugs [[ILoveNuclearPower mutated by a radioactive meteorite]].

** The Insecticons are back in WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime, and they're bigger and uglier than ever.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-363 SCP-363]]. Under normal circumstances they look like the real life Amazonian giant centipede, which can grow up to a foot in length. However, if it's darker than dusk[[hottip:*:darker than 2 lux, to be exact]] they rapidly grow in size, and can easily grow to at ''least'' 30 feet in length and 6 feet in width. And not only that, as it grows it get new body parts, like tentacles and [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes]].

* The bug-like Shivans in ''FreeSpace'' are somewhat of an exception. They are intelligent and possess extremely advanced technology, and their agility and strength means they don't so much creep and crawl as leap, smash, and throw armored soldiers around like toy dolls.

** [[spoiler: They may also be cybernetic, and are permanent space-dwellers since their hind legs are configured in a way that only make sense in free-fall.]]

* The biggest arthropods of all time, the eurypterids (aka "sea scorpions") were marine cousins to modern arachnids, and they lived worldwide from the Ordovician to Permian. Even average-sized eurypterid species could grow 8 inches long, and the biggest exceed 8 ''feet''.

See also GiantSpider and BugWar. If they're from space, they're InsectoidAliens. If they're from the sea, they're {{Giant Enemy Crab}}s. If they have a lust for galactic domination, they're a HordeOfAlienLocusts. A subset of AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever. These are especially common in prehistoric settings. Videogames (and {{Kaiju}}) seem to love combining this trope and MacabreMothMotif.

* The Chimera Ants from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' are (in the Chimera Ant arc) human-sized ants and extremely dangerous. By eating other creatures, a Chimera Ant queen can impart the characteristics of ingested creatures onto the next generation of Chimera Ants it gives birth to. To take advantage of the genes of a particular species, Chimera Ants have been known to feed until the fodder species is driven to extinction in its ecosystem. That means, most of Chimera Ants don't look like actual ants, they look more like humanoid mixed-animals. The Chimera Ant King and his three Royal Guards are the most powerful living beings of the world. [[spoiler: And only one of them is killed in a battle, while the other three, including the King, are killed by the poison of the Miniature Rose, a genocide bomb.]]

** Bug-Type specialists include Bugsy, Aaron, and Burgh.

See also GiantSpider and BugWar. If they're from space, they're InsectoidAliens. If they're from the sea, they're {{GiantEnemyCrab}}s. If they have a lust for galactic domination, they're a HordeOfAlienLocusts. A subset of AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever. These are especially common in prehistoric settings. Videogames (and {{Kaiju}}) seem to love combining this trope and MacabreMothMotif.

See also GiantSpider and BugWar. If they're from space, they're InsectoidAliens. If they have a lust for galactic domination, they're a HordeOfAlienLocusts. A subset of AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever. These are especially common in prehistoric settings. Videogames (and {{Kaiju}}) seem to love combining this trope and MacabreMothMotif.

** The teaser trailer for the [[{{Godzilla2014}} 2014 remake]] reveals that one of the monsters resembles a centipede.

->''On [[Literature/StarshipTroopers Klendathu]], [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou bug squashes you]]!''

* The bugs in ''Manga/JoujuuSenjiMushbugyou''. One bugs was big enough to have a bear in its maw.