“Off-Bugway” Posters at It’s Tough to be a Bug in Animal Kingdom

The first posters can be spotted in a portion of the exterior queue close to the entrance to the attraction. For those unfamiliar, It’s Tough to be a Bug takes place inside the iconic Tree of Life, and guests access the theater through the roots of the tree in a wonderfully immersive queue. We’ll have a more detailed look at the queue in our farewell article, but here’s a glimpse of what you can expect in terms of theming and textures while weaving through the roots, feeling smaller and smaller the deeper you get into the queue.

We spot the first five posters in an outdoor portion of the queue. There are a few switchback queues that keep the posters further away. The switchback queues haven’t been necessary in quite some time but I’m sure they will likely be needed come closing day and the large crowds that come with any attraction closure at Walt Disney World.

Weevil Kneevil

The first poster features an acorn weevil flying by. Described as “the aerobatic Acorn Weevil”, Mai T. Oak of The Acron Street Journal says “you’ll go nuts over this act”.

Termite-ator

Next up is the Termite-ator, featuring the explosive Soldier Termite. Tim Burr of The Hollow Wood Reporter perhaps offers too much of a spoiler in his review, saying that “He’s aimed and ready for action” – foreshadowing what we can expect once we enter the Tree of Life theater.

Claire De Room

A Stinkbug is featured in this aptly named poster. Local journalist Wilton Flowers of the Odor-Lando Scent-inel compliments the scent-illating Stinkbug, noting that “Her performance is a real gas!”

Chili

The deadly Chilean Tarantula can be seen hitting targets with extreme accuracy. Harry Arachnid of The Tarantula Observer appears to be impressed, saying “When it comes to throwing quills, he’s a hit!”

The Dung Brothers

This dynamic “doo doo” duo work together to prevent the Earth from being covered in shoulder-high waste. If we’re lucky, we’ll be able to see some of their handiwork in the queue a little later. Eater’s Digest says “This well-balanced pair of performers were born for these rolls!”

My Fair Ladybug

Ladybugs are good natural pesticides. They eat aphids and other pests.
Ladybugs and other insects produce a natural antifreeze as protection from the cold.
Three thousand ladybugs can protect one acre of crops.
Ladybugs are beetles.

Little Shop of Hoppers

Grasshoppers can jump up to 10 times their own body length.
Grasshoppers are eaten as a high protein food in some countries.
One acre of land may contain a million leafhoppers.

A Stinkbug Named Desire

A stinkbugs odor repels predators.
The odor comes from glands between the middle and back legs
A stinkbug’s odor is a blend of more than a dozen smells
Birds are not bothered by stinkbug odor and commonly eat these bugs.

Web Side Story

Some spiders spin a new web every day.
Spiders aren’t insects. They’re arachnids.
There are over 35,000 known species of spiders.
Spider silk is stronger than a same size thread of steel wire.
Black Widow poison is 15 times stronger than rattlesnake venom.

The Grass Menagerie

Insects live everywhere on land.
There are more than 800,000 known species of insects, with 5,000 new species discovered each year.
The insect population of one square mile. of land could equal the human population. of the entire planet.

Barefoot in the Bark

Some soldier termites have hozzles on their heads to spray acid at their enemies.
A termite queen can lay over 30,000 eggs a day.
A single termite colony can contain 5 million or more termites.
Some African termite mounds can reach a height of more than 40 feet.

A Cockroach Line

We’ve been around 250 million years!
We can be cute as a bug!
We’re 4,000 species strong, and growing!
Some of us are picky eaters!
We’re one of the fastest running insects!

Beauty and the Bees

Bees pollinate most of the fruits and vegetables that we eat.
Bumblebee wings beat 26,000 times per minute.
Honeybees from one hive may visit three million flowers each day.
Honeybees must visit at least 60,000 flowers to gather enough nectar for one teaspoon of honey.

Antie

Ants can lift up to 50 times their own weight.
Ants use their antennae to feel AND smell.
Some ants enslave other ants to do their work for them.
Some ants are “farmers”. They milk aphids and grow fungus.

It’s Tough to be a Bug!