The Bug Parade (1941)

[GabrielAlejo2341]

[theme music]

(male narrator)
The Insect World.

Here after great research, we show you for the first time little known facts in the lives and habits of these tiny creatures.

First the Musca Domestica or common housefly.

Wait a minute, there's something wrong here.

Ah, that's better.

To enable him to defy the law of gravity mother nature has applied him with small suction cups on the bottoms of his feet.

Although the fly appears to have but two eyes the microscopic lens reveals that they are composed of thousands of smaller eyes.

I see you.

Another species, the Tabanus Atratus or horsefly.

Known for its remarkable speed.

Say, what makes you so slow?

Uh, I've been hanging around Bing Crosby's horses too long.

Here is the Vespula Germanica or wasp.

- From the streamlined
- little creature

Has come the expression wasp waist.

Notice the graceful contours and slender lines of her trim little figure.

Cousin to the wasp is the Apis Mellifica or queen bee which is known for her ability to lay many eggs at one time.

[sighs]

Phew!

The Treerus spiderus or tree spider depends entirely upon his flimsy web for food.

He's been known to trap victims many times his own size.

[cow grunting]

This is hard to believe, isn't it?

[grunts]

The night watchman of the woods, Photuris Atratus or firefly is supplied by mother nature with its own source of illumination.

Wait a minute.

What's wrong with your light?

Ah, I couldn't pay my light bill last month.

Caterpillars are interesting little fellas.

They propel themselves by means of numerous little legs.

Here's one caterpillar meeting another.

- Hello. Glad to know ya.
- Hello.

- Glad to know you. Fine thanks.
- How are you?

- How are you?
- I am glad to know you too.

- Thanks. How are you?
- Great, how're you?

- Glad to know you too.
- Well, howdy?

- Hello, glad to know ya.
- I'm glad to know you.

- How're you?
- Oh, fine. How're you?

- Glad to know you, too.
- Thanks, fine, how're you?

- Great, how're you?
- Swell, glad to know ya.

- Well, glad to meet you.
- See ya again.

- You bet, thanks. Same to you.
- See you later.

- So long.
- So long.

(male narrator)
Curious indeed is the attraction of a moth to a flame.

Let's light a fire to see if we can attract a moth.

[fire crackling]

Hey, stupid, what are you trying to do? Start a fire?

One of the liveliest of insects is our old friend the grasshopper.

Come now, let us see how high you can really jump.

Well, where did he go?

Say, you haven't seen a grasshopper, have you?

Mm, it's a possibility.

A peculiar insect is the Chilopodus Myriapod or centipede.

Notice how its many legs keeping in perfect marching unison.

[band music]

Huh!

A veteran and pest of many wars is the Pediculus Vestimenti better known as the common cootie.

Millions and millions of soldiers.

And they're mine. All mine.

Well, here comes that strange little fellow, the snail who as you all know carries his house on his back.

One of the most troublesome of insects is the termite.

Thousands of trees are destroyed annually by this destructive little pest.

[whirring]

Timber!

[whirring]

Timber!

The most productive and useful of insects is the silkworm.

These little creatures are...

Say, what seems to be the trouble here?

(all)
Look.

The most familiar of all insects is the ant.

Here is a red ant and here is a black ant.

- Hello, Red.
- Hello, Blackie.

Ants are tireless workers and continually on the move.

- Bread and butter.
- Bread and butter.

- Bread and butter.
- Bread and butter.

- Bread and butter.
- Bread and butter.

- Bread and butter.
- Bread and butter.

The Araneus Marmoreus is the most vicious of all spiders.

He feeds chiefly on small insects.

Uh-oh, he spotted another victim.

A defenseless little fly.

Poor little fly.

A fly!

I love flies.

[evil laugh]

I just love little flies.

[evil laugh]

I told you I love little flies, didn't I?

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