Top Ten Most Dangerous Bugs

Level 2: honey bee, yellow jacket wasp, bald-faced hornet; Level 1.5: bullhorn acacia ant; Level 1: fire ant, sweat bee “Level four you don’t want to know,” explains Dr Schmidt. “The pain is so immediate and intense that it shuts down all illusions of life as normal. Imagine sticking a finger in a 240 volt electrical socket.” Rated just beneath the bullet ant for the excruciating, but shorter-lasting nature of its sting is another tiny terror, the tarantula hawk wasp.

According to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, the bullet ant is rated at a Level 4—the highest level of pain. It ranks higher than the harvester ant, paper wasp, and even the tarantula hawk wasp.

Most hornets are at least double the size of a yellow jacket and their aggressiveness is at least double as well! Hornets quickly respond to threats by counter-attacking entities that are potentially harmful to their nest or the larvae and pupae within.

Although not technically fitting into the bug category, black-spitting thick tailed scorpions are among the most dangerous species of scorpions. Most of them live in South Africa, especially in deserts. They are most known for their thick tails and thin claws. These scorpions have the ability to spit out venom through their tails.

The world’s most painful insect sting. Many insects can hurt us with their stings, ... Level 1: fire ant, sweat bee “Level four you don’t want to know ...