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(#3) Bullet Ant
Size: 0.7" to 1.2" (18 to 30 mm).
Location: Nicaragua, Honduras, and Paraguay.
Distinguishing Features: They are small, black ants with very large mandibles compared to other ants of its size.
Why You Should Be Scared: Bullet Ants are so named due to their incredibly painful bite, which feels like a bullet. Their sting is ranked to be the most painful of any ant as well as the most painful of all insects. It can cause "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours." Only one sting will do this, so people who have been bitten multiple times or by more than one Bullet Ant can be completely incapacitated by pain.
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(#5) Scolopendra gigantea
- Scolopendra gigantea
Size: Up to 12" (30 cm).
Location: South America and the Caribbean.
Distinguishing Features: They are unusually large for an arthropod and they possess a deadly venom.
Why You Should Be Scared: Generally speaking, the Amazonian Giant Centipede isn't a danger to humans, but at least one death has been attributed to one. A four-year-old child in Venezuela was bitten by one hiding in a soda can, which resulted in the child's death. They often feed on small birds, lizards, frogs, snakes, and bats, but they would feed on humans if they could... they just aren't large enough... yet.
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(#7) Tsetse fly
Size: 0.5-1.5 cm, which is very large for a fly.
Location: Tropical Africa.
Distinguishing Features: They have a distinctive three-pronged proboscis and are considerably large for flies. They group in large populations, which can result in the spread of infectious diseases.
Why You Should Be Scared: These large, biting flies are a major concern across sub-Saharan Africa due to their transmission of disease. They feast on large animals by biting them and sucking the blood, which can transfer diseases from one population to another. In humans, they can transmit Human Sleeping Sickness and Animal Trypanosomiasis. They have been known to cause the deaths of whole cattle populations, which have resulted in a subsequent famine. In turn, this causes a large number of deaths in a local human population.
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(#8) Army ant
Size: A single ant is very small, but the colony can be considered a singular organism given its function. These can spread over large areas and consist of millions of members.
Location: Africa, though some species in South America have evolved similar traits.
Distinguishing Features: Unlike other ant species, Army Ants do not nest, but rather create a nest with their living bodies as they travel. This is called a bivouac and it can result in the creation of structures such as bridges and towers.
Why You Should Be Scared: There are thousands of species of ant on the planet and most of them will cause a mild irritation at a bite-site, but Army Ants are special. When one Army Ant attacks something (or someone), pretty much every other member of the colony joins suit. This can cause an overwhelming number of bites, which can be fatal in a human. Given their colony size can reach millions of individuals, this can be a problem for anything living that gets in their way.
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(#2) Botfly
- Oestridae
Size: Very small, usually just 0.5 to 3 mm in size.
Location: Africa, Asia, the Middle East.
Distinguishing Features: Their most distinguishing feature has to be the fact they lay eggs in the flesh of humans. There are numerous species and subspecies of botfly, but the Human Botfly, Dermatobia Hominis, is the only one that specifically targets humans.
Why You Should Be Scared: These otherwise adorable little flies have the nasty habit of burrowing into a person's flesh and laying an egg. As the egg develops into a maggot, it ingests the surrounding flesh and tissue, which has resulted in these guys burrowing into people's skulls. Once matured, it emerges from the wound and flies away, but they often leave a severe scar and can result in serious medical complications and even death from infection.
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(#1) Asian giant hornet
- Vespa mandarinia
Size: 1.4" in length with a 3" wingspan.
Location: Temperate and tropical Eastern Asia, including a subspecies in Japan.
Distinguishing Features: Aside from being incredibly large and angry, their stinger can get up to 0.24" in length.
Why You Should Be Scared: They don't call these the "Yak-killer Hornet" for nothing. Their sting has been described as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg" and that has a lot to do with its size and the potent venom it packs. Their sting can kill if a person is susceptible to an allergic reaction. In Japan alone, their sting results in between 30 to 40 deaths each year.
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There are more than one million different kinds of insects on the earth, and the number of insects exceeds half of all species in the world. Some of the insects are scary in appearance but harmless, and some are deadly to humans and other species. What can be more terrifying than harmful insects that are difficult to catch? Most of them will not bother you, but there are many insects that are making our lives a hell on earth.
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