Warning: A LOT of justified swearing. and a picture that might stay with you for the rest of your life. I haven't even seen the videos yet.
So someone linked this on another message board. And I had to spread the love around. Its a public service.
Couple of things:
1) Why would God make those creatures?
2) Never go to Japan.
3) Or Africa.
4) Or Central/South America.
O.o Yooo watching the video of the praying mantis getting wrecked by the Hornet made me laugh xD.
And the Shrieking ant. I swear, an ant yells at me, Im out XD.
I've known about the Africanized honey bees and the soldier ants for quite some time (I even live in the Southwest where the killer bees live) but that Japanese hornet would freak me out, only because of its size.
Brain-eating bugs is why I use bug spray from now on.
SWEET JESUS WHY DID I CLICK THAT LINK
*goes into the fetal position in the corner and whimpers*
the bot fly is my favorite
Good thing bugs do'nt do so well in the winter... O_o
Yeah, I've seen all of those bugs on Discovery channel shows, and I have to say that bot flies are really really nasty. =(
I'm afraid to click. I'm also wanting to click and put the pictures in my sig. What should I do?
The thing that suprised me most? Not a single one of those was a spider. When we think of incredibly nasty little things, most of us think spiders. Right?
Either way, I wouldn't mess with any of those little gits.
Good thing I live in Australia, where we don't have things like tho... OH SH-!
It's because spiders are not bugs, they're aracnids. 
"bug" and "insect" are not interchangeable, madam
And if you want to be pedantic, a "bug" can only be called one if it sucks blood.
Huh? I thought a bug was just an umbrella term for any small, creepy-crawly thing...
Are you SURE about your claim, Robobotnik?
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"bug" and "insect" are not interchangeable, madam
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Huh? I thought a bug was just an umbrella term for any small, creepy-crawly thing...
Are you SURE about your claim, Robobotnik?
Unless Stephen Fry has lied to me then yes I'm sure. 😛
Well, generally I'm actually rather fond of "bugs" (even though "bugs" is actually no scientifically correct term whatsoever, but let's not debate this here). And I think all of them are rather beautiful creatures. I'm especially interested in the shrieking of the bullet ant, since ants, of course, dont have vocal cords. I assume they make the sound with some structure on the chitin shell they would rub their leg or another part of their body against (not unlike crickets). As for the pain I heard of a animal (I cant remember for the life of me what its called though) in the Amazonian rainforest whose sting hurt so much that submerging the stung body part in boiling water is the best thing to do, to get some relief (probably because most venoms are protein-based, and the boiling water disintegrates the protein at least that would be my guess).
I think the only species that I would have a problem with is the bot fly, since it goes under your skin, but then again - there are endoparasites that are just as scary or even worse than this one.
Take for example the phylum of Platyhelminthes, also called flatworms or tapeworms. The most feared parasite (we call it "dog band worm" in German, but Wikipedia tells me it's called differently in English) is called the Hydatid worm. It's usually transferred from dogs or other canids, such as foxes to humans and attacks the liver. But if left untreated it can also eat itself through the lungs and brain. A very nasty beggar.
There are also other tapeworms that are transmitted from fish or pigs.
Oh, and talking about Amazonian parasites (and endoparasites) it is said that you should not pee in the Amazon River. A fish called the candir will follow the warmth of the stream coming from your body and you can guess where they go. I heard they were very painful. Heres a link about them: www.damninteresting.com/?p=797
And I could go on about other parasites. But I best leave it at that.
But, if you still havent got enough, here are some pictures with eye worm parasites. 
www.stanford.edu/class/hu.../Home.html
www.prs-consulting.com/eye.htm
