Talk:Bug (Starship Troopers)

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We should get images of the various types of bugs.- B-101 13:30, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

"Brain Bug—Leader of a Bug colony. It is created when a colony's size reaches three hundred generations. In the Movie, it is fed by drinking a human's brain."

I think it was not feeding on human brain, it was "learning" about humans that way. It was not explained, but seems more sensible. - Despil, 14:29, Jun 08 2005

There's no such thing as a Worker Bug in the movies. This should be removed from the page. Chariot Bugs may do the manual labour but we have no evidence that they do anything other than carry the Brain Bug around.

There were two new types of Bugs in 'Hero of the Federation', the Parasite Bug and the Spy Bug. The Parasite Bug is the spider-like creature that crawls into a person's mouth and the Spy Bug is the caterpillar-like creature that the Parasite Bug metamorphoses into. The Spy Bug controls the person's body and creates more Parasite Bugs.

Tehre is also mention on the novel of a Royal Caste, Queens. I don't recall it having any more detail than that, other than they had never found one, dead or alive. Also, this page is for Bug in general, not specifically on the movie alone.

The article says that workers are identicle to the warriors, this is different to the book. Near the beginning (I think, I read a lot of the book in one go) Rico says how he was taught the difference between the bugs and near the end of the book (the section mentioned in the article) Rico tells one of his 'trigger-happy' officers to look at the bugs he is shooting. --TheMightyShoeHorn 21:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Castes of Bugs?

Do these castes only apply to the movie? Or are they based on the book? That needs to be explained at the opening of the topic heading.