Insects
Mosquito
Mosquito noun - Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
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- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: The Punis aren't exactly insects, but their war with the "rival tribe" of mosquito like Jabbis plays out as this trope.
Source: Ant War - Minako Aino in Codename: Sailor V has shades of this, having gone so far to weaponize mosquito-repelling incense (to be fair, the youma was a mutant mosquito with an army of the standard insects, so...).
Source: Improv Fu -
Ant War: The Punis aren't exactly insects, but their war with the "rival tribe" of mosquito like Jabbies plays out as this trope.
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