Insects represent the most numerous class of animals. We consider ourselves as masters of the planet, but the tiniest creature, smaller than a nail can kill us. There is over a million described insect species which is more than 2/3 of total number of all animal species in this planet.
They are very different in their appearance and way of life: head, stomach and chest. Some of them are useful for a man because they pollinate plants, while others are vermin or spread contagious disease among people and animals. Even though most insects which we encounter are harmless, some of them are extremely dangerous for people and their sting can cause various allergic reactions and infections. Each year all over the world over a million people die from bites from a tse-tse fly or malaria which is spread by malaria mosquitoes. From million of insects that live on our planet look at which 10 are the most dangerous.
10BULET ANT
A sting is so painful it feels like being shot, considered by many to possess the most painful sting known to man.
09BOT FLY
Its larvae burrow into the skin of their host and remains inside for weeks. Host can feel them moving inside raised pustules.
08FLEAS
These blood suckers help spread numerous deadly diseases, most notably caused outbreaks of Bubonic Plague.
07KISSING BUG
Bite victims during the night – usually around the lips or eyes. Spread Chagas disease, which kills over 12.000 people a year.
06GIGANT JAPANESE HORNET
These hornets cause intense pain and possess a venom that can dissolve human tissue. Cause around 40 deaths annually.
05FIRE ANTS
Fire ant is aggressive species that sting and swarm their victims. Normally cause red welts and pustules but five percent of cases result I death.
04TSE TSE FLY
It is a large biting flies that suck blood. Spread sleeping sickness, which kills thousands of people every year in Africa.
03KILLER BEES
It is highly aggressive – swarms will chase victims for up to half a mile. Around 1.000 stings would prove fatal for most adult humans.
02DRIVER ANTS
Colonies number up to 22 million and swarm their pray. Known to kill humans and can dismember 100.000 prey animals in a single raid.
01MOSQUITOES
They feed on the blood of animals and humans. Transmit malaria, which kills over one million people a year.