
One of the perks of being a celebrity is that sometimes you get things named after you. And one of the more obscure things you can have named after you is a creepy crawly critter like a bug or a spider. Get a load of these celebs and their non-human namesakes.
Kate Winslet - Agra katewinsletae (a beetle)
Jerry Garcia - Cryptocercus garciai (a cockroach)
Stephen Colbert - Asptostichus stephencolberti (a California trap-door spider)
John Lennon - Avalanchurus lennoni (a prehistoric trilobite)
Sting - Dendropsophus stingi (a Colombian tree frog)
Bill Gates - Eristalis gatesi (a Costa Rican flower fly)
Comedian John Cleese’s animal namesake is a bit higher up the food chain - Avahi cleesei is a wooly lemur.
I’m trying to figure out exactly how one should react to having a bug named after them, especially a cockroach. Is it a compliment or an insult?  Check out more animals named after celebrities here.
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