Although one would think that insects would be fairly uninteresting as participants in comic stories, Carl Barks managed to use a broad variety of them in interesting ways. In some stories they are faceless creatures in large formations that contribute to the action, but in others they are given starring roles. Here is a small collection of different groups of insects - sorted in alphabetical order.

ANTS AND TERMITES
WDCS170 Donald encourages the nephews to study the industrious ants and their way of life. They wreck the house...	WDCS200 Donald establishes a pet service and the nephews have to look after the customers' strange pets such as hungry ants.			FC0386 ONLY A POOR OLD MAN Scrooge hides his money from the Beagle Boys. They trick him into using termites for protection!
DD60 THE TITANIC ANTS Duckburg's annual picnic spot is swarming with ants. And not just ordinary ants...	U$33 BILLIONS IN THE HOLE The Beagle Boys shrink the Money Bin. It becomes so small that ants carry it off...			U$15 THE SECOND RICHEST DUCK Scrooge is using a ball of string in a contest. The ball is attacked by fierce ants.

BEES AND WASPS
WDCS080 Donald wants to have the best flower garden, and he starts off by purchasing a beehive.	WDCS158 The nephews are keeping honey bees as a project for the JWs. Donald wants the bees out!		WDCS108 Donald and the nephews have a frog with special tastes; it only eats bumblebees...	DD54 FORBIDDEN VALLEY The ducks travel into the jungle to find Razor Wasps which can destroy the terrible Pickle Haters.

BEETLES AND BUGS
WDCS077 Donald discovers beetles in his garden and tries to dispose of them. The nephews disguise themselves as beetles to tease him...			DD54 FORBIDDEN VALLEY Donald and the nephews try to exterminate the Pickle Haters that threaten to destroy Duckburg's pickle harvest.

CATERPILLARS AND BUTTERFLIES
WDCS189 Donald decides to beautify his backyard at springtime but it is invaded by several types of animals - cut worms for starters...	WDCS061 Donald decides to tease the nephews. Maybe a centipede under their microscope?		DD79 POOR LOSER Barks invented these two critters - a Gammus Diptherocus (nearest) and a Buggus Ostecrockus (furthest) - as participants in a race under a microscope.	MOC20 DARKEST AFRICA Donald is a butterfly hunter and he is hired to go to Africa and collect nothing less than the world's most rare butterfly.

GRASSHOPPERS AND LOCUSTS
WDCS199 During a thought experiment Donald teaches the nephews about comparative sizes. On the planet Jupiter grasshoppers might be as big as dogs!	PP PICNIC Gyro tries to discover why many picnickers are unsatisfied with their trip outdoors. Grasshoppers are one of the menaces...			U$15 THE SECOND RICHEST DUCK Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold are using two balls of string in a contest. Scrooge's ball is attacked by locusts.

MOSQUITOS AND GNATS
U$39 A SPICY TALE During a search for nutmeg in the jungle the ducks encounter several oversized animals such as this mosquito.	FC0456 BACK TO THE KLONDIKE The ducks travel to the untamed Alaska. Luckily, Scrooge knows exactly what to do when attacked by swarms of mosquitos...		U$35 GOLDEN NUGGET BOAT Scrooge and Gladstone enter a gold finding contest in Alaska. Scrooge does not let himself get stopped by a few thousand mosquitos!	WDCS199 During a thought experiment Donald teaches the nephews about comparative sizes. On the star Phonus Artichokus gnats might be as big as elephants!

SPIDERS AND TARANTULAS
WDCS200 Donald establishes a pet service and the nephews have to look after the customers' strange pets such as a frail, old spider.			U$18 During Gyro's search for gold in the desert Little Helper suddenly encounters a vicious tarantula. Battle stations!