10 bugs that scare/annoy you?

[Aloredd]

I have an idea for a comic that I want to try doing to break myself in to doing webcomics, and I plan on using insects/arachnids as the antagonists. The only problem with that is I'm not afraid of or annoyed by any creepy crawlies (even spiders, which I think are cool).... so I'm having a hard time coming up with a list

Do you guys mind making lists of the top 10 bugs you'd not want to run in to on a dark night? (metaphorically....) Try to stick to generics, like spider, fly, cockroach etc, not specifics (recluse spider, horse fly, etc)

Thanks!

[Sanz]

i hate bugs. I hate them so much.

1. Thousand leggers (or any kind of centipede) oh god ew....
   2: spiders.
   3: roaches
   4: worms
   5: cicadas
   6: wasps
   7: beetles
   8: ticks
   9: fleas
   10: flying ants...

I REALLY HATE BUGS!!!

Also if you want photo refs and descriptions of awful terrible insects. check this out. I couldn't remember what Cicadas were called and found this when i looked it up. i really really hate bugs...

[Aloredd]

Thanks for the link! I'll use if for references ^-^

[AnnaLandin]

WARNING FOR THE SQUEAMISH: THIS POST CONTAINS VERY UNSETTLING INFORMATION ABOUT INSECTS

Well, there are bugs that lay their eggs under the skin of other living creatures, and the tiny baby larvae burrow out through the skin of the hapless host. There are a couple of examples of this, though the one that comes to mind right at the moment is the bot fly - specifically the human bot fly. It targets humans, specifically.

That's seriously creepy. And by seriously creepy, I mean that sometimes they lay eggs in brains. Bot flies. In your brain.

... still with me? Cool. Let's move on!

Let's move on to ants. There are ridiculous amounts of ants in the world (how many? there are more ants in the world than there are people, probably by an order of magnitude. "super-colonies" are a thing), and they come in every terrifying variant you would like. Ravenous, ceaselessly roving army ants raiding the countryside (and by "raiding", I mean "occasionally devour horses"), fire ants with painful, burning bites that swarm in great numbers. Speaking of painful, bullet ants aren't so much creepy as they are completely terrifying. They're huge - the biggest examples being over an inch long - and their bite is considered the most painful of all insect bites. The reason they're called "bullet ants" is because being bit by one feels similar to being shot - and it keeps hurting for 24 hours straight.

Hornets are horrible. Regular hornets are regularly horrible - Asian Giant Hornets are GIANTLY horrible. They've got a venom in their sting that dissolves human flesh. Also, they're 3 inches long, and if they want to hurt you, they will chase you eve if you run. They can kill you, even if you aren't allergic to hornets.

Locusts aren't terrifying on their own, but a massive swarm of them WILL ruin any conceivable agriculture for the rest of the season, leading to famine, so that's nice.

[60Six]

1. Fleas
2. Fleas
3. Fleas
4. Fleas
5. Fleas
6. Fleas
7. Fleas
8. Fleas
9. Fleas
10. Fleas

Can you guess what we're currently having trouble getting rid of in our house? My room is currently a toxic wasteland that's probably killing me as well as the fleas but as long as the fleas are gone.

Real talk though, the one bug that just absolutely makes me SQUIRM TO ALL HELL and I can't bare to look at are MAGGOTS. Sure, there are other bugs that scare me if they get too close, but maggots are the thing I can't even stand pictures of.

[Aloredd]

heh heh heh....fleas are one of them that made it onto my list, so you're in luck XD....as far as maggots go, they're baby flies and flies are on my list so there might be a maggot or two, but it's mostly going to be the adult flies

[60Six]

I might be skimming past any maggot pages. :'D I hate those so much.
Fleas, though, while not scary, are probably the most annoying and frustrating antagonist you could have.
Have you ever tried to KILL a flea? This is honestly my first time ever having a flea problem in my house and I had no idea how damn resilient those things are. Smashing them under a finger does nothing.I swear I stabbed one in half with my nail and it still hopped away.

By the way, if you're just looking for some creepy bug inspiration, I highly recommend reading through the manga Uzumaki. Snails are the last bug I consider scary but god damn the snail people in that made my skin crawl (Though I have no idea what sort of feel you're going for with your comic).

[Aloredd]

it's going to be kind of a cartoony 'what the heck' kind of comic....about a living piece of lint that thinks bugs are humans' greatest enemies....based off of something my younger brother and I came up with years ago (about 12 years, i think, when he was 5 and I was 7)

it's going to be incredibly stupid, but maybe I can make someone laugh with it

[UrMom]

There aren't actually many insects I'm frightened of, I see them more as just trying to survive like the rest of us and I know most of them want to mind their own business, but the ones that do scare me are more specific than "spider", or "worm". Like I'm scared of locusts for no apparent reason, funnel spiders and hobo spiders for their aggressive nature and fearlessness, but I'm more terrified of parasites than anything. (yet intrigued)

There's a lot of bugs that annoy me though, not sure if there will be enough for 10, and I know I won't be able to make the answers as generic as possible but there it goes.

1. Mosquitoes, I hate them, and no matter what anyone says I don't see them as a vital part of the eco-system.

2. Gnats, they are worthless, obnoxious little creatures and they die all over everything.

3. Flies, although I'm more lax with them because maggots are very useful in the medical field.

4. Ants, particularly army ants, which have a reputation for being a force strong enough to kill small children.

5. Silver fish, their larva eats your clothes, and if you don't check under everything on a weekly basis, you can get an infestation. At least they're not dangerous, though.

6. Scorpions, they're not too bad, the bigger it is the less deadly it is and they're can't sting the thing they're sitting on. (just keep your hand flat)

7. Fleas, you know... they're just fleas, and I hate that.

That's about it, didn't quite make it up to 10. xP Sorry I went so much into detail.

[Aloredd]

most of those made the list....I really just need one more. I have spiders, flies, roaches, ants, fleas, mosquitoes, centi/millipedes, hornets/bees/wasps, and praying mantises (though I might change that one).....

....and my spider lookes cute of all things....I really need to work on my art skills >.>

[Luminosophy]

I'm just gunna put sea bugs out there. Anything with multiple legs and lives underwater is pretty terrifying. Some of them sever the tongues of fish and become the fishes' new tongue.

[Vikiro_Hop]

ok so first of all there is the tree weta Tree weta They are essentially harmless, but I do not give a fuck they look big enough that if they jumped at me they would hurt holy hell!

With that in mind I couldn't say why but beetles always freak me the hell out.

@AnnaLandin Omg yes, ants can be fucking terrifying, the fact they are decomposers is only somewhat comforting in the grand scheme of things. And on the issue of hornets did you ever see Buddha bees and the giant hornet queen? Fascinating as it is terrifying.

@spudfuzz I don't mean to frighten you anymore but are you aware of giant pllbugs!? (was gonna link, but I'm not that terrible of a person.)

[60Six]

If you're really in need of one more bug, I nominate ticks or chiggers. Bees terrify me when they get too close but nothing makes me jump more than seeing I have one of those blood suckers that are prone to being disease ridden crawling on me.
Plus chiggers? They not only feed off of you like ticks but burrow under your skin.

[Luminosophy]

I found results for land pillbugs which look kinda quirky but not terrifying. "Giant Pillbug" just seems to refer to giant isopods.

[SpavVy]

I'm fine around spiders....but earwigs...that's a whole new story!
I have been terrified of them for as long as I can remember, their harmless but holy crap their scary T^T Just looking at this picture makes my skin crawl. I heard that there are some species that have wings and I'm like NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! NOPE ALL KINDS OF NOPE!

A couple years ago I had a few crawling in my bed...and I screamed like a little school girl.

[Luminosophy]

@savannah I like that it has butt claws. xD

[Vikiro_Hop]

that is what I meant (shudders) the giant isopods.

[Vikiro_Hop]

They actually got their name because people thought that they would hide in powdered wigs and try to crawl into your ear. Actually they just like to hide under any dark cool place, I had to deal with them many times and they scare the hell out of me.

[Aloredd]

I might use them to finish off the list....we'll see when I get to it. (currently drawing them, have 5 more to go)

[SpavVy]

Yeah they tend to like dark and moist places.