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Insect-inspired songs
Name of song
Insect order
Composer
Performing artist
Date
Type of music
Notes
Ants Marching
Hymenoptera
Dave Matthews
The Dave Matthews Band
1994
Pop
/
Rock
Bee in the Bottle
Hymenoptera
Sinead Lohan
Sinead Lohan
1995
Folk rock
Mosquito
Diptera
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2013
Indie rock
The Mosquito
Diptera
John Densmore
/
Robby Krieger
/
Ray Manzarek
The Doors
1972
Rock
Flight of the Bumblebee
Hymenoptera
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
many artists
1899-1900
Classical
One Note Samba/Spanish Flea
Siphonaptera
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Sergio Mendes-Brasil '66
1966
Bossa nova
Fireflies
Coleoptera
Adam Young
Owl City
2009
Electronica
Lady Bug
Coleoptera
Randy Rogers
/
Wade Bowen
Randy Rogers
2015
Country
Mariposa traicionera
Lepidoptera
Fher Olvera
Mana
2003
Rock
Butterfly
Lepidoptera
John Frusciante
B/ret Mazur
,
M
/
chael "Flea" Balzary
/
Seth "Shifty Shellshock" Binzer
Crazy Town
2000
Rap rock
Caterpillar
Lepidoptera
Peter Albin
Big Brother and the Holding Company
1967
Rock
This album was the studio debut for the band's lead singer,
Janis Joplin
.
Grasshopper
Orthoptera
Soul Delavants
Soul
Grasshopper
Orthoptera
John Phillips
The Mamas and the Papas
1971
Folk rock
The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')
Orthoptera
Beastie Boys
2000
Rap rock
Grasshoppers
Orthoptera
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto
1978
Jazz fusion
Moth
Lepidoptera
Chad Gray
/
Kevin Churko
/
Tom Maxwell
/
Vinnie Paul
Hellyeah
2014
Heavy metal
Moth's Wings
Lepidoptera
Michael Angelako
Passion Pit
2009
Indietronica
That's the way love goes
Lepidoptera
Janet Jackson
/
Jam & Lewis
Janet Jackson
1993
R & B
Mayfly
Ephemeroptera
Stuart Murdoch
Belle and Sebastian
1996
Indie pop
Doin' the Cockroach
Blattodea
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse
1997
Indie rock
Lady bug
Coleoptera
Bumblebee Umlimited
1978
Disco
Butterfly
Lepidoptera
Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
2008
Pop
/
Rock
Bugs
Insects
-general
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
1994
Rock
Georgia Warhorse
Orthoptera
JJ Grey & Mofro
2010
Funk rock
Named after the
Southern Lubber Grasshopper
The Blackfly Song
Diptera
Wade Hemsworth
many artists
1949
Folk
Inspired a short animated film,
Blackfly
.
Mosquito Moan
Diptera
Blind Lemon Jefferson
1927
Blues
Termite
Blattodea
Young Thug
2015
Hip hop
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
Diptera
Thomas Brigham Bishop
*
many artists
1869
Folk
*The writer of the song is somewhat contentious (see
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
)
Killa Beez
Hymenoptera
Killa Beez
2002
Hip hop
Wu Killa Beez: The Reemergence
Hymenoptera
Remedy
1998
Hip hop
Dragonfly
Odonata
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
2003
Reggae
The King Beetle on the Coconut Estate
Coleoptera
mewithoutyou
/
Aaron Weiss
mewithoutyou
2009
Indie rock
Fireflies
Coleoptera
Harmony Samuels
D/awn Richard
, d/rew Scott
Zendaya
2013
Electronica
The Cricket Song
Orthoptera
Rich O'Toole
2011
Country
Frass
Insects
-general
Renaldo and the Loaf
1981
Experimental
The whole album, Songs for Swining Larvae, is inspired by insects.
[
1
]
There ain't no bugs on me
Insects
-general
cell
cell
Folk
There is a popular recording of this song by
Jerry Garcia
and
David Grisman
on the album,
Not for Kids Only
.
Dog and Butterfly
Lepidoptera
Ann Wilson
N/ancy Wilson
, /
e Ennis
Heart
1978
Folk rock
Hive
Hymenoptera
Sexton /
Nick Hexum
/ Martinez
311
1995
Rap rock
Red Mosquito
Diptera
Jeff Ament
S/tone Gossard
,
c/k Irons
,
Mi /McCready
,
Eddi
/
Vedder
Pearl Jam
1996
Rock
The Bug
Insects
-general
Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
1991
Rock
I am the Fly
Diptera
Graham Lewis
/
Colin Newman
Wire
1978
Punk rock
Human Fly
Diptera
Lux Interior
,
Ivy Rorschach
The Cramps
1979
Punk rock
Fly on the Wall
Diptera
Miley Cyrus
A/ntonina Armato
,
T
/
m James
, v/rim Karaoglu
Miley Cyrus
2009
Pop rock
Fly on the Wall
Diptera
Malcolm Young
A/ngus Young
/
Brian Johnson
ACDC
1983
Rock
Fly on the Wall
Diptera
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
1994
Rock
Insect Hospital
Insects
-general
They Might Be Giants
2013
Rock
March of the Fire Ants
Hymenoptera
Mastodon
Mastodon
2002
Heavy metal
Beetle
Coleoptera
Mooi Wark
Rock
Beetle in the Box
Coleoptera
Louis Abbott
Admiral Fallow
2012
Indie pop
Black Beetle Pies
Coleoptera
Trad / arr Flood
Bellowhead
2012
Folk
Mosquito
Diptera
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson
2005
Pop
Mosquito
Diptera
Bomfunk MC
Bomfunk MC
2004
Electronic
Mosquito
Diptera
Franck Langolff
Vanessa Paradis
1988
French Pop
^
"Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae"
.
www.renaldoloaf.com
. Retrieved
2016-04-05
.