What type bug freaks you out? Most painful?

[Jesus_marley]

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

There is a good chance that if you had it you would never know it. 80 percent of those infected by WNV do not show symptoms. In all honesty WNV is a tempest in a teacup. Sure people get sick from it but the vast majority will never know they have been infected...CDC fact sheet

 

[Tanager]

While not dangerous or painful, the bug I hate the most has got to be the Earwig, to me they are the most disgusting and vile little creatures on the planet.

 

[diaglo]

the vector i hat most is:

the idea of getting Chagas is not a pleasant one to me.

 

[DMH]

I like inverts (see my sig), so with that in mind:

Insects- One. I have handled live wasps and bees and have never been stung (by those I have handled) and even when I do get stung I don't blame them for defending a nest. I will not get near a hornet nest, but the only insect that gets a major negative reation from me is the horsefly. I will run like the wind to avoid them. It is almost like a phobia, but I have no trouble handling dead ones or observing live ones that are too cold to fly.

Spiders- I don't like large hairy spiders, but otherwise they don't bother me at all. In fact I think jumping spiders are cute and teddy bear like.

Other arthropods- I would rather not handle centipedes, but none of them get a fear reaction from me.

Other inverts- parasitic worms, like the guinea, give me the creeps, but I am not afraid of them. That is the major reason I have no desire to ever travel to the tropics.

 

[Sado]

Ants.

If there's one, there's a hundred.

If you find one crawling on you, chances are there are more.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I have a terrible fear of bees, wasps, and their unholy ilk. A lot of other bugs are simply unpleasent.

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

Not an insect, but I really really loathe centipedes

 

[Hand of Evil]

Not an insect, but I really really loathe centipedes

Second this.

Some others.

Velvet Ant (Cow Killer)

Scorpion Fly (harmless but...)

 

[freebfrost]

Spiders.

Definitely spiders.

Although I didn't have that particular reaction until my college encounter with a cute little brown spider that landed on my hand while I was opening my dorm room door. So cute that I let the little fellow ride on my hand until I could put him down on the outside balcony.

Six hours later when my entire arm was swollen, numb, and paralyzed, I realized my mistake.

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Have been afraid of them ever since.

 

[Pielorinho]

Wasps. They just seem mean to me. And I know they're not--insects aren't smart enough to be mean--but I think they are.

Ever since I was in a barn one day and watched a five-year-old boy walk through the barn doorway, and a wasp flew down from her nest and stung him and flew back up to her nest. It was totally unnecessary. Evil wasp!

Another insect that I have strong feelings about, however, is the saddleback caterpillar. I've been stung by them a fair number of times, and each time my reaction gets worse. They're not mean, they're just awful.

Daniel