| 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 FruscianteB/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 SamuelsD/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 WilsonN/ancy Wilson, / e Ennis |
Heart |
1978 |
Folk rock |
|
| Hive |
Hymenoptera |
Sexton / Nick Hexum / Martinez |
311 |
1995 |
Rap rock |
|
| Red Mosquito |
Diptera |
Jeff AmentS/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 CyrusA/ntonina Armato,T /m James, v/rim Karaoglu
|
Miley Cyrus
|
2009
|
Pop rock
|
|
| Fly on the Wall
|
Diptera
|
Malcolm YoungA/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
|
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