Friz Freleng really liked to make cartoons about insects. He once drew the ire of Bing Crosby when he caricatured him as a fly in "Bingo Crosbyana" (1936). He often focused on ants, whether they were raiding a picnic ("The Gay Anties" (1947)) or going to war with Elmer Fudd ("Ant Pasted" (1953)). In one early cartoon, "The Lady in Red" (1935), Freleng used cockroaches infesting a Mexican cantina as fodder for musical entertainment, only to have them attacked by a parrot. In retaliation, the bugs