List of fictional arthropods

Columns: Character | Species | Work | Author | Notes
Maya | Bee | Maya the Bee | Waldemar Bonsels | Main character in a popular series of German children 's novels , later adapted into films and TV animated series | Miss Spider | Spider | Miss Spider | David Kirk | Miss Spider | Spider | James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl | Seven flies | Fly | The Brave Little Tailor | Traditional | The plot of this famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is set in motion by the fact that the tailor kills seven flies in one blow . When he brags about this people assume he is talking about giants , causing the king to send him away on a mission to kill a giant that torments the country | Shelob | Spider | The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien | A giant spider from J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium . She appears at the end of the fourth book , second volume ( The Two Towers ) of The Lord of the Rings . She is said to be a child of Ungoliant | Ungoliant | Spider | The Silmarillion | J. R. R. Tolkien | Described as an evil spirit in the form of a spider . She is mentioned briefly in The Lord of the Rings , and plays a supporting role in The Silmarillion . Her origins are unclear , as Tolkien 's writings only reveal than that she is from before the world . She is one of a few instances , along with Tom Bombadil and the Cats of Queen Berúthiel | Manticore | Arachnid | A Song of Ice and Fire | George R.R . Martin | Is said to possess highly toxic venom and is incredibly aggressive and dangerous species of spider . While small , are shown to be incredibly fast and agile . Also portrayed in the TV series adaptation Game of Thrones

Example questions:
Which fictional arthropod character author is the oldest ? | What is the fictional arthropod character in literature whose species are found on every continent except Antarctica ? | What is the species of the fictional arthropod character whose notes person died on 2 September 1973 ? | What is the work of literature with the fictional arthropod character whose author came from a family of high-church Anglicans ?

Answers:
Lewis Carroll | Doris | Miss Spider | Alice Through the Looking Glass