The millions of insect species living on Earth today play a vital role in our planet’s ecosystems. While most are safe, some can cause a lot of trouble for a person, some can be toxic and even dangerous. From familiar bumblebee to more exotic moths, here is the top of the world's most dangerous insects.
Giant Japanese Bumblebee
Among all Asian insects, the giant Japanese Bumblebee is one of the most famous insects. This is not surprising, if only because of its huge size makes this insect very eye-catching: a giant wasp with a body length of 5 cm and a wingspan of up to 6-7 cm has attracted the attention of tourists or travelers in some way. No wonder in Asian countries, this insect is also called a sparrow bee - because its size is impressive.
However, Japanese Bumblebee has another popular name - it is called Tiger Bee because its bite is very painful. Among locals, in stark contrast to the enthusiastic comments of tourists, Bumblebee has earned itself a bad reputation: its bite is dangerous.
nomadic ans
nomadic ants often migrate to millions of colonies and live in tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Insects do not build permanent nests, and their sedentary life stage will not exceed 2-3 weeks. They move during the day because at night they arrange camping for their bodies, with the center of which is uterus . This group of people passed 1-3 kilometers and would not leave anything alive. The powerful jaw cuts not only insects, but also small mammals and birds.
Семья муравьев-кочевников состоит из сотен тысяч или миллионов особей. Все они подчиняются строгой иерархии и действуют как единый слаженный организм. Основу большой колонии составляют рабочие муравьи. Это бесплодные самки. Из них формируются специализированные группы: рабочие, фуражиры, разведчики, солдаты
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Some species in this family live a lonely lifestyle, while others use wood to process it into paper to build honeycomb , with fertile females and workers. The serration of the wasp sting was too small, so it looks smooth. Therefore, the wasp won't hurt itself when biting the enemy. Also, there are no nodules at the end of the sting, just like bees. Therefore, the wasps do not leave their stinging in the enemy's body, but can attack a few more times.
The person with the longest life span in the entire family is the queen. It's her that she can reproduce. The queen of the wasp is about 10 months. The rest of the individuals do not live long - no more than seven weeks.
African thick-tailed scorpion
African thick-tailed scorpion is one of the most poisonous scorpions in the world, found in North African and Middle East . It inhabits deserts, semi-deserts, dry foothills, grasslands and settlements. The fat-tailed scorpion is nocturnal. It preys on invertebrates and small vertebrates. Quite aggressive appearance.
The colors of this spider can range from dark khaki to reddish brown, or from light gray to black. An adult can reach 12 cm in size, and although a scorpion has more than a dozen eyes, his vision is poor. However, poor vision does not stop this predator from hunting. The scorpion understands the proximity of its victim through vibrations, which are captured by villi located on its body.
lice
lice are the oldest blood-sucking parasite. They have been repeatedly discovered in ancient tombs on different continents.These insects are frequent companions of war, poverty, famine, epidemics, society and natural disasters in human history. But even in modern society, lice are widely present around the world.
Even in civilized countries, there are a large number of people suffering from lice, most of whom are children. There are about 150 species of lice, but only three can parasitize on the human body: head, clothes, pubic lice .
Black Widow
Black Widow is not aggressive or even shy. If you spot a spider, it doesn't make sense to catch the insect spray or slap it to death. They won't attack. In fact, spiders don't want to be with you like you.
Bites usually happen by chance, such as when you put your hands in your garden gloves to scare the widow hiding there. Women are more likely to poison a person than men (inject poison). Venom is quite strong - 15 times stronger than rattlesnake . You are unlikely to die from the bite of Black Widow. But young children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems face a huge risk of serious complications.
mites
Certain types of ticks are carriers of infectious diseases and can use them to infect humans. These parasites carry more than a dozen different diseases. The most serious of these are tick-borne encephalitis and tick-borne borreliosis or Lyme disease . Both diseases can lead to disability. They affect the brain and spinal cord. Infections can also affect internal organs and joints. Therefore, Lyme disease hits the joints, the heart and the liver. Vision may be affected by it. But it all happens only when the infection is not treated.
flea
small parasites are dangerous because they carry various pathogenic microorganisms . Once upon a time, the bubonic epidemic destroyed a large population due to fleas.
They can also cause skin diseases, allergic reactions and infect worms. The bite of the little flea is very painful and it leaves traces on the human body - a red dot that causes itching.
