Fire Bugs

[The Architect]

Fire Bugs

Length: Not Available
Mass: Not Available

Crawling Speed: Moderate

Powers:
- Flame Generation: By rubbing their cerci together, the fire bugs can generate intense heat and flames.

Weaknesses: None

First Appearance: Bug (1975)

Human Kills: 1
Fight Record: None

Home World: Earth
Origin: United States
Type: Natural

History: When a fierce earthquake tore through a rural western town, a fissure opened up. From the darkness below, an undiscovered species of insect emerged. They began to crawl across the landscape, scorching animals and people that tried to touch them. One man, Professor James Parmiter, began to study the deadly insects and made the realization that the species was slowly dying from the bends due to the rapid change of pressure their bodies encountered upon walking on the surface.

Unfortunately for the man, when his wife was attacked and set aflame by one of the fire bugs, his life was turned upside down. Becoming a recluse, he saved one female of the species as the rest all succumbed to death. Rarely venturing outside, he studied his possession and successfully bred it with a common cockroach, spawning a new breed of terror. When he later introduced the female to the next generation, her brood ruthlessly attacked and burned her to death, killing the last of the original insects.

[The Architect]

Hybrid Fire Bugs

Length: Not Available
Mass: Not Available

Flight Speed: Moderate
Crawling Speed: Moderate

Powers:
- Flame Generation: By rubbing their cerci together, the hybrid fire bugs can generate intense heat and flames.
- Screaming: Like hissing cockroaches, the hybrid fire bugs can generate an extremely loud noise that can harm human ears should enough do it in unison.

Weaknesses: None

First Appearance: Bug (1975)

Human Kills: 2
Fight Record: None

Home World: Earth
Origin: United States
Type: Natural

History: In his solitude after his wife was killed, Professor Parmiter successfully bred a cockroach with a female member of the fire bugs. The result was a terrifying, carnivorous new species of insect. They quickly killed their mother upon introduction and proved extremely crafty and durable, escaping their containment and withstanding any punishment the professor tried to inflict. As the days turned into weeks, the man began to understand the true gravity of the situation he had created. These weren’t normal insects, they were also extremely intelligent!

They knew how to communicate and came together to form words on his wall. Overcome with fear, he rushed out of his house to repair the decompression chamber that could kill the insects. In his absence, one of his colleagues arrived to check up on him and was killed. When he returned, the hordes of insects were gone and he discovered his friend dead. As he panicked and night fell, a loud hum came from the nearby crevice. Like bats out of hell, the insects emerged and swarmed! He rushed back inside, but the bugs flew through the window and set fire to their creator. Professor Parmiter flailed about and ran outside, soon falling into the crevice in which the bugs originated. Upon falling inside, the rocks began to slide close and the insects retreated back to the darkness, taking all evidence of their existence with them.