What type bug freaks you out? Most painful?

[caudor]

Today, I had the privilage of having a wasp land on my shirt--a big, ugly red one. I just froze for a moment, getting unwanted close up look at it. I swear it was ready to sting me and then just before I freaked out and tried to swat it away--it buzzed off. Thank goodness.

Is there are a particular bug that freaks you out? What would you most dread to find crawling on you?

By the way (if case anyone happens to know), what insect sting is supposed to be the most painful? A friend once told me it was bumble bees. I dread them too.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Yellow jackets and Spiders. The first are just mean little things and I've never liked spiders...especially after Arachnaphoia.

 

[Ferox4]

wasp/hornet/yellowjacket stings are much worse than bumblebees - trust me, i work outside and am stung numerous times throughout the year.

 

[reveal]

Cockroaches. Oh gawd do I hate cockroaches.

 

[drothgery]

obProgrammer: Anything I can't repro...

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Can't stand wasps, hornets or yellow jackets. I've been stung by the latter and just get freaked out when one gets near or actually lands on me. I'm like "go away, bee..." when one does land on me.

Spiders don't really bother me, although I don't want any indoors. They can stay outdoors and I won't care. "Daddy Longlegs" get tossed back outside, the rest get stomped.

 

[alsih2o]

Cave crickets. I don't know their species name but in eastern Kentucky there are some awesome caves with right squeezes occupied by the most infernal insects ever known to man. If you get close to them, close like when going through a narrow space, they climb on you, get under your clothes and bite. They are tiny but evidently have the mandibles to crush coconuts, should one ever end up in these temperate caves.

Nasty, evil creatures striking when you cannot do much or anything about it.

Despicable.

 

[caudor]

Cave crickets. I don't know their species name but in eastern Kentucky there are some awesome caves with right squeezes occupied by the most infernal insects ever known to man. If you get close to them, close like when going through a narrow space, they climb on you, get under your clothes and bite. They are tiny but evidently have the mandibles to crush coconuts, should one ever end up in these temperate caves.

Nasty, evil creatures striking when you cannot do much or anything about it.

Despicable.

Oh Gads! I looked them up in the internet. Just think, the Drow probably snack on them. Big bowls of crunchy cave crickets for breakfast! Blah!

 

[Jesus_marley]

By the way (if case anyone happens to know), what insect sting is supposed to be the most painful? A friend once told me it was bubble bees. I dread them too.

Bullet ants. About an inch long. So called because their sting has been equated to getting shot. By far the most painful insect in the world.
Bullet ants


As for bees versus wasps... the wasp is much worse. if for no other reason than the wasp can sting you more than once. A bee stinger is barbed and will stay in the victiim. When the bee then flys away, it will rip the stinger out of its own body. it dies shortly thereafter.
A wasp stinger OTOH though still barbed is smoother and thus the wasp (or hornet) can sting multiple times. Also, except for africanized (killer) honey bees, wasps and hornets tend to be more aggressive.
Despite all of this though, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and bees are considered to be beneficial insects. They are pollinators for one, and the Wasps, Yellow Jackets and Hornets also use flies and caterpillars to feed their larvae thus acting as natural pest controllers.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Moths, mosquitos and wasps! Especially mosquitos, they can carry the worst of diseases. The last thing I want is West Nile Virus.