#1: Mosquito The most dangerous insect of all, the mosquito causes more deaths than any other animal or insect on the planet. The Anopheles mosquito is far and away the deadliest of dangerous insects.
Spreading diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis, the mosquito kills more people than any other creature in the world.
Ladybugs, are one of the most harmless insects you can come across. They may be a nuisance if they come inside your home but they do no harm. They do play a role in eating smaller pests such as mites, aphids, and fruit flies.
The name says it all: Stink Bug. As a defense mechanism, these smelly critters release an odor when they are crushed or smashed.
Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that's one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to exist in the animal kingdom.
Scientific name: Staphylinus olens. A ferocious and fast predator, the Devil's coach horse beetle hunts invertebrates after dark in gardens and on grasslands. It is well-known for curling up its abdomen like the tail of a scorpion when defending itself.
The GHOST bug is a vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc) that allows attackers to induce a buffer overflow on Linux devices. The buffer overflow can be used to force the victim's device to perform a wide range of actions. The GHOST bug affects glibc library.
While larger animals like sharks or hippos may seem a likely culprit, the animal that kills the most humans per year is actually the mosquito.
They're also called cone-nosed bugs, bloodsuckers, cinches, and triatomine bugs. Like mosquitoes and ticks, kissing bugs need blood to live. They usually suck it from animals, including dogs, but sometimes they bite people. They hide during the day and come out at night to eat.
Only female mosquitoes bite people and animals to get a blood meal. Female mosquitoes need a blood meal to produce eggs.
The insect world is famous for its Olympian power-lifters, but the horned dung beetle (Onthophagus Taurus) takes the gold. A mere 10 millimeters long, the beetle can pull up to 1141 times its own body weight-the equivalent of an average man lifting two fully-loaded 18-wheeler trucks.
Kissing bugs can carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease, but this is not common in Canada or the United States. Itching from the bites can be so bad that some people will scratch enough to cause breaks in the skin that get infected easily. The bites can also cause a serious allergic reaction in some people.
The Tsetse fly, or the Tik Tik fly is the most dangerous fly in world. They may look like a common house fly but they take thousands of lives each year. Their life-cycle is short but incredibly deadly. Tsetse flies are an aggressive, biting fly that feeds on the blood of other animals.
About 7,000 species of assassin bugs are known in the world. There are at least 13 genera of assassin bugs in California, including 4 or more species of Zelus. Zelus renardii is common throughout California and the Western Hemisphere; it closely resembles Z.
The “cicada bomb” is technically any cicada that lies on the ground and appears dead but becomes agitated and starts flying around wildly whenever someone approaches it. Their signature cry is the sound of a screaming human unfortunate enough to come across a cicada bomb.
The Giant Wētā is the world's heaviest insect in terms of weight, which at 71g is three times that of a mouse and heavier than a sparrow. A female Giant Weta ( Deinacrida heteracantha) filled with eggs can reach up to in excess of 70g and the largest of the species are found on Little Barrier Island.
The Australian tiger beetle, Cicindela hudsoni, is the World's fastest running insect recorded to date, with an average speed of 5.5 mph (9 km/h). This doesn't sound very fast but the tiger beetle is a small animal, so at 5.5 mph it is moving at a relative speed of 171 body lengths per second.
An African cicada, Brevisana brevis, is the Worlds loudest insect. Its loudest song is almost 107 decibels when measured at a distance of 20 inches (50 cm) away.
Bed bugs can't climb smooth surfaces
Bed bugs are not the strongest climbers in the first place, but when it comes to smooth surfaces, they cannot climb at all.
Additionally, stink bugs can fly and are pretty good at it! Stink bugs are considered an invasive species, meaning a pest of foreign origin.
If you're brave, use your hands (but be careful!).
It's also important to be careful with said bug — insects are smaller and more delicate than human beings. So picking it up the wrong way can pose a risk to the insect. Just handle with care, and you'll probably be fine.