The Film Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences recently announced the nominees for the 81st Annual Award Ceremony. Bug of the Week takes a respite from its tropical adventures to recognize the accomplishments of the great cast of bugs we visited in 2008 in Bug of the Week. It has been another fantastic year for insects and their relatives. By virtue of the fact that you are reading this message, you are a member of the Bug of the Week Academy. This is your chance to vote for some of your favorite characters and episodes. Three categories of accomplishment will be recognized this year. They are: “Glad they are tiny” award for scariest predator, “You ought to be in pictures” award for most beautiful insect, and “More than I needed to know” best live action bug film.

"More than I needed to know” award for best live action bug film The nominees are: -- click the "View" button to see the Bug of the Week then mark you ballot by clicking "vote" below your choice. When finished, click the "Submit Ballot" button at the bottom.
A lonely woman finds companionship with a thousand – legged creature in "Millipedes on steroids? - Giant African millipede, Archispirostreptus sp."	A deranged entomologist invites parasitic wasps into his home for snacks in "Parasites at the porch light – Ichneumonid wasps"	Leaves of passion flower mysteriously disappear in "Savvy Zebras – Zebra butterflies, Heliconius charitonius"	A caterpillar delivers a smelly surprise to unsuspecting bug geek in "Parsley and dill beware – Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes"
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"Glad they are tiny" award for scariest predator The nominees are: -- click the "View" button to see the Bug of the Week then mark you ballot by clicking "vote" below your choice. When finished, click the "Submit Ballot" button at the bottom.
Hideous maggots terrorize hapless aphids in "Death by fly - Flower flies, hover flies, Syrphidae"	Green death stalks the forest floor in "Tigers in the woods – Six-spotted green tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata"	Caterpillars should be afraid, very afraid in "Run, Forest, run – Fiery searcher, Calosoma scrutator"	A lady in red packs a lethal weapon in "Red velvet ant, Dasymutilla occidentalis"
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“You ought to be in pictures” award for most beautiful insect The nominees are: -- click the "View" button to see the Bug of the Week then mark you ballot by clicking "vote" below your choice. When finished, click the "Submit Ballot" button at the bottom.
Blue is the color of danger for this femme fatal in "Who's Cuckoo – Cuckoo wasps, Chrysididae"	Rainforests of South America are home for this star in “Bugs in orange and black IV – Golden Helicon butterfly, Heliconius hecale”	Zebras search for passion flowers in "Savvy Zebras – Zebra butterflies, Heliconius charitonius"	Handle with care is the message sent by this beauty in "Look but do not touch – Blister beetles, Epicauta and Meloe spp"
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