Top 10 Extremely Dangerous Insects

Bugs play a major roll in the world’s ecosystem. They’re food for other critters higher on the food chain, pollinate plants, and they help decompose dead plants and animals. There are over a million known species of insects on earth, and that’s not including the arachnids (spiders). We react with fear when faced with a grizzly bear or a great white shark, but the pesky mosquitoes, flies, and creepy-crawlers are simply annoying? Or are they?

Bugs and the disease they carry kill millions of people every year and sicken and scar millions more. While the vast majority of bugs are harmless, there are a few we need to be leery of.