Results: Top 10 Deadliest Insects
Published on 12/20/2015
Insects, Insects, Insects!
QUESTIONS
GO to COMMENTS
Comments
1.
1.
Here are the top 10 deadliest insects (information provided by Listverse). Which ones are you familiar with?
10. Hemiptera – kissing bugs.
9%
150 votes
9. Giant Japanese or Asian Hornet.
12%
196 votes
8. Siafu (African Ants).
10%
169 votes
7. Wasps (including the yellow jackets and hornets).
70%
1132 votes
6. Locusts.
48%
767 votes
5. Fire Ants
63%
1017 votes
4. TseTse Fly.
31%
507 votes
3. Bees (Africanized HoneyBee).
60%
965 votes
2. Fleas.
62%
993 votes
1. Anopheles Mosquito.
24%
385 votes
N/A
13%
216 votes
2.
2.
Here are the reasons why these particular insects are deadly. Which facts do you know?
Hemiptera: The bug can transmit Chagas Disease. Is a type of infection which over time can cause eart disease and malformation of the intestines. Can be quite fatal!
8%
124 votes
Asian Hornet: The sting can be lethal not just by allergic reactions but also due to its many toxins.
13%
203 votes
African Ants: Twenty million ants strong, one single colony can ravage the African countryside obliterating everything in their path.
17%
274 votes
Wasps: Many people can go into anaphylactic shock and die because of a single wasp sting.
52%
840 votes
Locusts: Locusts strip to bare earth thousands of acres of cropland every year. As a result, they can indirectly contribute to starvation.
35%
567 votes
Fire Ants: When bothered their sting is a venomous prick that feels like it's burning with fire, hence the name and swells up into a painful pustule.
43%
701 votes
TseTse Fly: Another carrier of the deadly sleeping sickness, this fly feeds on the blood of vertebrates.
26%
422 votes
Killer Bees: Will attack with the slightest provocation in large numbers swarming over the victims. The death toll per year is in the thousands.
43%
697 votes
Fleas: Are directly responsible for the spread of the Bubonic Plague from their rat hosts to humans carrying Yersinia Pestsis.
42%
670 votes
Anopheles Mosquito: The worst aspect of the mosquito is that it's a carrier for blood-borne diseases (specifically Malaria).
26%
422 votes
N/A
27%
428 votes
3.
3.
Do you know of anyone that has had an allergic reaction, has gotten sick, or died from any of these insects?
Yes
24%
380 votes
No
57%
913 votes
Undecided
5%
81 votes
Not Applicable
15%
239 votes
4.
4.
Have you had to deal with "any" of these insects in the area where you live?
Yes
48%
770 votes
No
31%
505 votes
Undecided
7%
112 votes
Not Applicable
14%
226 votes
COMMENTS