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All of this on top of the fact that bugs themselves are rather unobtrusive, and people don't usually shriek in horror when there's just a random bug hanging around, minding its own business. As a result, they tend to be both cool and practical. It's hardly surprising that this trope appears in [[Science Fiction]], [[Fantasy]], and [[Science Fantasy|everything in-between]].
This trope isn't just restricted to fiction, either- it turns out that [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111122346/http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22039/?nlid=1733&a=f actual beetles] can be manipulated in such a way that they work as great surveillance, although full applications on this are still in the works. These studies also discredit one common appearance of this trope- robotic bugs. It turns out that they're [[Cool but Impractical]], since making them work pretty much requires that scientists makes them as much like actual beetles as possible.
All of which gives a whole new meaning to [[Documentary|"Fly on the Wall"]].
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