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Ten Bugs You Really Want To Avoid
One of the scariest things when you travel is encountering crazy insects in the places you visit. For some reason, I always seem to encounter bugs the size of my hand that look like something out of Aliens and generally pack a pretty nasty bite and/or sting. Seems I'm not the only one, because the gang over at Environmental Graffiti have put together a list of the 10 most diabolical insects on Earth, with some down right nasty bugs making an appearance. For instance, cockroaches make the list in the number 10 spot. According to the story there are more than 4000 different species of cockroaches, many of which can grow quite large. And lets not forget the ever popular hissing cockroach that make foul noises to go along with their other foul habits.
Mosquitos earn their number 2 ranking by virute of the deadly diseases they have a propensity to spread. The article says that this tiny insect may be responsible for the death of over half the humans that have ever lived thanks to malaria and yellow fever. And that's just the beginning of the scary mosquito facts.
The other eight bugs are just as nasty and will probably make your skin crawl. But if you like creepy crawly things, you'll get a kick out of the list.
So, what's the craziest bug you've seen while traveling?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fiznatty May 16th 2009 12:29PM
I've encountered some pretty freaky bugs during my travels. It's always fun running into a Brazilian cockroach or giant millipede in your tent at night. I think the whip scorpions we found in the Ecuadorian Amazon take the title of "scariest-looking." And while mosquitoes are annoying, they've got nothing on deer flies, which attacked me while I was face to face with a wild puma in the Costa Rican jungle last year. That was painful.
Max