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* AntWar: The Trap Jaw Ant vs Dinosaur ant fight.
* AntlionMonster: The trope namer itself battles and defeats a trap jaw ant.

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* AntWar: The Trap Jaw Ant vs Dinosaur ant Ant fight.
* AntlionMonster: The trope namer itself battles and defeats a trap jaw trap-jaw ant.



** Katydids also get ragged on a lot, the smaller, non carnivorous ones are often used to show how dangerous the featured bugs are, while the carnivorous ones are frequently outmatched by their opponents.

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** Katydids also get ragged on a lot, the smaller, non carnivorous non-carnivorous ones are often used to show how dangerous the featured bugs are, while the carnivorous ones are frequently outmatched by their opponents.



* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes frequently show up, and they [[TheAce almost always win]]

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* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes frequently show up, and they [[TheAce almost always win]]win]], with only two losses from said creatures.



** Any web building spider vs anything: It generally goes, opposing bug gets stuck in spider web, spider wraps it up and bites it, then waits for the venom to take effect.

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** Any web building web-building spider vs anything: It generally goes, opposing bug gets stuck in spider web, spider wraps it up and bites it, then waits for the venom to take effect.



** Probably the only fight where a centipede loses, a White centipede vs a cellar spider, the centipede forces the spider to use every drop of venom and every thread of silk to bring it down.
** Trap Jaw Ant colony vs Dinosaur ant colony: The dinosaur ants hold out for quite a while before the Trap jaws’ superior numbers start to win out.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Several, but special mention goes to the owl moth caterpillar, who has its body cavity ripped open and its stomach contents spilled out on the leaf that it was battling the horned katydid on.

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** Probably the only fight fights where a centipede loses, a White centipede vs a cellar spider, the centipede forces the spider to use every drop of venom and every thread of silk to bring it down.
down. The second one, featuring a Stripe Tailed Centipede vs a Vinegaroon, ends with the Centipede having a decent brawl before the Vinegaroon clamps its claws around its head and starts devouring it from the neck first.
** Trap Jaw Ant colony vs Dinosaur ant Ant colony: The dinosaur ants hold out for quite a while before the Trap jaws’ Jaws’ superior numbers start to win out.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Several, but special mention goes to the owl moth caterpillar, who has its whose body cavity is ripped open and its stomach contents spilled out on the leaf that it was battling the horned katydid on.



** Tree Centipede vs Balloon winged katydid: The Katydid hesitates when the centipede approaches it, which allows the centipede to go in for the kill.
** Assassin Bug vs Ogre faced spider: the assassin bug tries to climb on the spider’s web, which of course gets it stuck and you can figure out the rest.

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** Tree Centipede vs Balloon winged katydid: Balloon-winged Katydid: The Katydid hesitates when the centipede approaches it, which allows the centipede to go in for the kill.
** Assassin Bug vs Ogre faced Ogre-faced spider: the assassin bug tries to climb on the spider’s web, which of course gets it stuck and you can figure out the rest.
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* SlayingMantis: Mantises are always built up to be cool brutal insects that eat their prey alive, but only three ever live up to it, with those being the Lichen Bark Mantis, the moss mantis, and the giant rainforest mantis.

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* SlayingMantis: Mantises Zig Zagged, mantises are always built up to be cool brutal insects that eat their prey alive, but only three ever live up to it, with those being the Lichen Bark Mantis, the moss mantis, and the giant rainforest mantis.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Several, but special mention goes to the owl moth caterpillar, who has its body cavity ripped open and its stomach contents spilled out on the leaf that it was battling the horned katydid on.
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Monster Bug Wars is a documentary series that features various insects, arachnids, decapods, and miriapods duking it out in a battle to the death.



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Monster Bug Wars is a documentary series that features various insects, arachnids, decapods, and miriapods myrapods duking it out in a battle to the death.


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** Assassin Bug vs Ogre faced spider: the assassin bug tries to climb on the spider’s web, which of course gets it stuck and you can figure out the rest.

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Monster Bug Wars is a documentary series that features various insects, arachnids, decapods, and miriapods duke going it out in a battle to the death.



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Monster Bug Wars is a documentary series that features various insects, arachnids, decapods, and miriapods duke going duking it out in a battle to the death.





* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes frequently show up, and they [[TheAce always win]]

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* ButtMonkey: Crabs lose every fight they appear in.
** Katydids also get ragged on a lot, the smaller, non carnivorous ones are often used to show how dangerous the featured bugs are, while the carnivorous ones are frequently outmatched by their opponents.
** Of course, the grasshoppers, crickets, and cockroaches used to show how dangerous the competitors are.
** Mantises are frequently matched against spiders that are bigger than they are, and end up getting destroyed by them.
* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes frequently show up, and they [[TheAce almost always win]]



** Colonies of ants always beat a solitary opponent.



** Probably the only fight where a centipede loses, a White centipede vs a cellar spider, the centipede forces the spider to use every drop of venom and every ounce of silk to bring it down.

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** Probably the only fight where a centipede loses, a White centipede vs a cellar spider, the centipede forces the spider to use every drop of venom and every ounce thread of silk to bring it down.down.
** Trap Jaw Ant colony vs Dinosaur ant colony: The dinosaur ants hold out for quite a while before the Trap jaws’ superior numbers start to win out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Several bugs lose the battle because of their own actions.
** The desert centipede vs scorpion fight takes a turn when the scorpion tries to run away, which allows the centipede to grab its tail and disarm its most dangerous weapon.
** Tree Centipede vs Balloon winged katydid: The Katydid hesitates when the centipede approaches it, which allows the centipede to go in for the kill.
* SlayingMantis: Mantises are always built up to be cool brutal insects that eat their prey alive, but only three ever live up to it, with those being the Lichen Bark Mantis, the moss mantis, and the giant rainforest mantis.
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* CurbStompCushion: Desert Centipede vs Desert Scorpion: The scorpion manages to fend the centipede off for a while with its pincers, but the fight goes south when it [[KnowsWhenToFoldEm tries to retreat]].

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* CurbStompCushion: Desert Centipede vs Desert Scorpion: The scorpion manages to fend the centipede off for a while with its pincers, but the fight goes south when it [[KnowsWhenToFoldEm [[KnowWhenToFoldEm tries to retreat]].
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Monster Bug Wars is a documentary series that features various insects, arachnids, decapods, and miriapods duke going it out in a battle to the death.



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!!This Series provides examples of:
* AntAssault: Various species of ants feature on the show, and when in colonies, they often win.
* AntWar: The Trap Jaw Ant vs Dinosaur ant fight.
* AntlionMonster: The trope namer itself battles and defeats a trap jaw ant.
* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes frequently show up, and they [[TheAce always win]]
* CurbStompBattle: Several examples:
** Desert Centipede vs Trapdoor Spider: The centipede simply sticks its head into the spider’s nest and pulls it out before eating it alive.
** Any web building spider vs anything: It generally goes, opposing bug gets stuck in spider web, spider wraps it up and bites it, then waits for the venom to take effect.
* CurbStompCushion: Desert Centipede vs Desert Scorpion: The scorpion manages to fend the centipede off for a while with its pincers, but the fight goes south when it [[KnowsWhenToFoldEm tries to retreat]].
** Probably the only fight where a centipede loses, a White centipede vs a cellar spider, the centipede forces the spider to use every drop of venom and every ounce of silk to bring it down.

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