Tarantula Wasp (New Mexico, USA)
This guy hunts and murders tarantulas to feed its babies.

House Centipede (Worldwide)The only thing more unnerving than this thing is the “House” part of its name.

Giant Walking Stick (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia)

Giant Weta (New Zealand)

Thorn Bug (Southern Florida)

Elephant Beetle (Caribbean)
It looks like a bug version of Dumbo.

European Earwig (Europe)
This insect developed mandibles on its butt after years of getting grinded on by creepy dudes.

Rhinoceros Cockroach (Australia)
And you thought the roaches were gross in your apartment.

Goliath Beetle (Botswania, Namibia, South Africa)

Brazilian Treehopper (Brazil)The Brazilian Treehopper is known for his love of fancy hats.

Cicada (North America)

Scorpion Fly (Worldwide)
Scorpions can fly now… how about that?…

Wheel Bug (North America)
This little critter injects venom that dissolves its victims from the inside out, but he wants to remind you that his livelihood is not who he really is — he always wanted to be a ballet dancer.

Antlion (Worldwide)
Also known as doodlebugs, which is an uncharacteristically adorable name for a creature that crawled from the depths of Hell.

Hickory Horned Devil (North America)
This little guy curls up in a ball to camouflage himself as bird droppings.

Devil’s Flower Mantis (Africa)Bow down to your insect overlord.

Brown Sulawesi Plume Moth (Indonesia)
See those horns on his head? Some can have up to 20.

Japanese Giant Hornet (Japan)
I always thought Japan looked like a cool place to visit. Not anymore.

Silkworm Caterpillar (Asia)

White Ermine (Eurasia)This guy’s actually kinda cute… like a little Pokemon.

Brahmin Moth Caterpillar (Bhutan)
God has forsaken us.

Tetragonula Stingless Bees (Australia)
Don’t let the seemingly-harmless name fool you. If you touch this you will 100 percent turn into those Flood monsters from Halo.

Camel Spider (Middle East)
These sumbitches are the size of a cat. But don’t worry, they can also jump really freaking high.

Saddleback Caterpillar (Southern United States)
The saddleback caterpillar is covered in poisonous hairs and spines.

Curved Spiny Spider (Southeast Asia)
This insect lives in the trees and is characterized by the two large nopes protruding from its nope.

Giant Orb Weaving Spider (Australia)
In addition to weaving giant webs that can catch BIRDS, they also weave nightmares.

Goliath Spider (South America).


source: www.buzzfeed.com

God knows I dislike insects and animals

Makes for a diverse world, doesn't it?

hate creepy crawlers....

PROUDLY ENTOMOLOGIST

We are faced with an interesting dichotomy. There is a wealth of information about insects, but it is known mostly to ‘insect scientists’ (entomologists). The public (non-entomologists or 99.99% of all people) has little knowledge about insects, and poor access to vital information about these important organisms.
Culled from encyclopedia of entomology 2nd edition

The number of insects on our planet and their incredible diversity of structure and function are mind-boggling. Insects live anywhere and everywhere. To a non-entomologist, most insects are indistinguishable from one another and simply look the way insects are supposed to look. Head, thorax, abdomen, six legs, and often wings, give little insight into what has contributed to the incredible success of these tiny animals. However, to one trained in the subtleties of six-legged
science, the physiological systems responsible for their varied lifestyles explain it all. Every ecological peculiarity of insects has a physiological basis, and to understand their distribution and ecological roles in varied environments, one must understand the systems that allow them to function so well.
Culled from physiological systems in insects by marc j. klowden (2007)

Insects are remarkable biological organisms. They are small enough to escape the detailed scrutiny of most people, but I have yet to meet anyone whom, once provided the opportunity to examine insects closely (through a microscope) is not completely amazed by the detail and complexity of these exquisitely designed (by natural selection) beasties. They are fascinating in function as well as form. Insects are the only invertebrates to fly, they are disproportionately strong, and their ecological adaptability defies belief.
Culled from encyclopedia of entomology 2nd edition

Advances in technology, particularly the introduction of chemical insecticides, have done much to remove the threat of insect-related damage from the consciousness of most humans. Insecticides are applied preventatively to avoid pre- and post-harvest damage to crops, to our dwellings, and to our landscape. This is an oft-overlooked but remarkable achievement that has increased stability in the supply and price of resources, and in the lives of resource producers. No longer are people faced with starvation or economic ruin due to the ravages of insects; in almost all parts of the world, the ready availability of insecticides can be used to prevent massive insect population outbreaks. However, we realize increasingly that this approach is not without its own set of health, environmental and economic costs, and alleviating dependency on insecticides, or making alternatives to insecticides more readily available, has assumed greater priority.
Culled from encyclopedia of entomology 2nd edition


Welcome to the beautiful world of insects

ewoo!

God too much biko.

wait a minute... this is not snake nah, 15‰ to make Fp

SuperSuave:
God knows I dislike insects and animals

God knows you are missing, insects are just too special

Arthropods and their diversity... Proudly Entomologist...

ZirdoRoray:
Nice one, its really a big world. This post makes one understand that there is more to life than meet the eye. When you thought you have known enough about life, there are still countless things waiting to be discovered that have surprisingly been known by others. This attitude on nairaland of knowing it all and insulting others who criticises ones opinion is rampant, this is one major reason the Africans are backward. [b]Don`t be surprise to see this thread get derailed instead of the users appreciating it.[/b]

Exactly what you have started, but i will not patronize you.

On topic....Isn't it wonderful that God made all these?

It tends to tell me that God must have intended humans to live forever so there could continue to study their environment and learn more about these uknown insects

All insects combined weighs more than Earth's human population. #Fact

In some parts of the country all these are wonderful delicacy.

hardbody:


Exactly what you have started, but i will not patronize you.

On topic....Isn't it wonderful that God made all these?

It tends to tell me that God must have intended humans to live forever so there could continue to study their environment and learn more about these uknown insects

Why is there always this wide assumption that God is all.good, if he is all powerful there is no way he can be all good cus good and bad exist in the contest of power

Everything has a time, the dinosaurs don't exist anymore, would u say God killed them off so we won't study them, its just as nature prescribe the world to be that's how it will always be, there is indeed a time for everything, man's time existing on earth MIT soon come to an end too. That there is the universal plan of God

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Where Are My Bagons?!

I tot number 7 is skirt and blouse na

Just aan insect that looks like snake so as to grce promise land.... U know what I mean naa... Just say insectlala or snakesect.

hopefulLandlord:
ewoo!

Hope say no be die you wan die?

There are many reasons why we should study insects. Their ecologies are incredibly variable. Insects may dominate food chains and food webs in terms of both under a wide range of conditions, such as extremes of heat and cold, wet and dry, and unpredictable climates. Insects are essential to the following ecosystem functions:
• Nutrient recycling, via leaf-litter and wood degradation, dispersal of fungi, disposal of carrion and dung, and soil turnover;
• Plant propagation, including pollination and seed dispersal;
• Maintenance of plant community composition and structure, via phytopFood for insectivorous vertebrates, such as many birds, mammals, reptiles and fish;
• Maintenance of animal community structure, through transmission of diseases of large animals, and predation and paratization of smaller ones.
Finally, the sheer numbers of insects means that their impact upon the environment, and hence our lives, is highly significant. Insects are the major component of macroscopic biodiversity and, for this reason alone, we should try to understand them better.

Culled from The insect: An outline of Entomology P.J. Gullan and P.S. Cranston (fifth Edition)

Fundamentalist:

God knows you are missing, insects are just too special

And yet you smash one once it sucks just one drop of ya blood....
Have dem live with u then. ..

Moj0:

Hope say no be die you wan die?

Shebi na u wan kill am

Herhmjay:



And yet you smash one once it sucks just one drop of ya blood....

Have dem live with u then. ..

As a non entomologists I don't expect you to understand

When you ponder over this,you know GREATNESS is for ALLAH alone! Allahu Akbar

Baygon and Raid came to mind