15 Craziest Fights in the Insect Kingdom

there is a lot of insects in the world about 10 quintillion yes that is a number and it's a pretty damn big one and this means they are pretty much constantly running into each other and competing for space in fact sometimes it seems like all they ever do is fight each other in some kind of endless murderous dance some species have developed incredible and terrifying abilities which assist them in fighting and killing other insects we're going to include arachnids here too because it's not likely they're holding back so from the ultravenomous spider against the giant centipede to the incredible leafcutter ant versus a sneaky arachnid here's the 15 craziest fights in the insect kingdom number 15 centipede vs giant spider the giant centipede species known as scalapendra can grow to up to 30 centimeters in length and is a seriously tough critter apart from its huge size it has two modified legs with which it can bite delivering a nasty venom as it does and although it's not the most powerful venom out there it has still been known to occasionally kill humans who get bitten giant scalapendra are hunters and they attack and eat lizards birds snakes rodents bats which they leap and snatch from the air frogs and even tarantulas with this in mind and particularly their experience in hunting tarantulas it might be easier to understand the confidence the centipede feels when taking on phonutra the brazilian wandering spider it's a big spider there's no doubt with a two-inch body and six-inch span including the legs but smaller than most tarantulas for sure but if a tarantula is like the knight in armor of the jungle the wandering spider is like the panzer tank it is an extremely aggressive and fast spider and on top of that carries the strongest venom of any spider as well as giant fangs so as we can see here this is one battle that the centipede might want to reconsider next time before we go on like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping [Music] number 14. leafcutter ant versus speckled house spider leafcutter ants are an incredible species and pound for pound one of the strongest animals known to us able to carry weight which massively exceed their own body weight a leaf cutter colony contains a variety of ants with specialist jobs with some devoted to work others too soldiering and some are specialist cops policing the leaves they work on and grabbing the parasites or wasps who try to break into the work area of the ants and take them away however an ant's greatest strength comes in numbers and when a single ant finds itself trapped in the web of this speckled spider things start to go wrong pretty quickly the leaf cutter does all it can using its powerful jaws to try and cut through the spider silk but it only succeeds in wrapping itself further in the web the spider patient just waits before finally entering the battle injecting the ant with venom biting it in half and then wrapping it up tweet later number 13. wasp versus bumblebee wasps are part of the same hymenoptera family as bees and ants and all of these clades have many thousands of species with a whole variety of specializations wasps are generally solitary and have powerful stings they can use multiple times as attack or defense while bees live in colonies and many species produce honey wasps also can be parasitic injecting their young into other insects from where the young then grow and kill their host in this video an old queen bee is resting on a flower after having been rejected from her colony due to no longer being able to produce the pheromones which assert her dominance due to age if you look closely her wings are tattered and she has the large size of a queen bee if that weren't bad enough a wasp shows up and decides the old queen is in the way the wasp butts the queen a couple of times but the bee doesn't seem interested after that there's a low speed chase across the flower but this bee just won't be drawn into the fight it seems and the wasp finally seems to give up number 12. forest spider vs butterfly if any of you are old enough to remember the french film the spider and the butterfly well i'll be pretty impressed as this two-minute masterpiece of early special effects was released in 1909 in the film a magician creates a beautiful butterfly woman and another woman trapped in a star when the magician falls asleep the woman in the star turns into a spider and captures the butterfly woman nature doesn't work in quite the same way but it's more or less the same story between the nephilia phillips spider or forest spider and this butterfly the forest spider is found in east asia and australia and the females are large and yellow in color and the silk they produce is golden their favorite food like the star spider woman is butterflies and needless to say once a butterfly stumbles into a web there's only one outcome as we can see here this spider makes short work of wrapping up her prey and beginning the process of liquidizing the butterfly so she can drink the poor victim later number 11. hornets vs bees many parts of the world face the problem of increasing numbers of invasive species whether due to accidents or good old-fashioned well-introduced human stupidity many finely balanced ecosystems are threatened by the arrival of certain species which are sometimes completely overpowered and end up destroying everything one such example is the recent arrival of asian hornets in the united states the so-called murder hornets have a ravenous appetite for honeybees and will descend upon a honey bee hive massacring everything within leaving us without this most valuable creature just 50 hornets can wipe out a thousand bees in an hour however in a testament to the brilliance of the honeybee they have already begun to adapt a form of brutal and effective defense against these aggressive invaders the hornets use their size advantage to overpower and decapacitate the bees with their mandibles but the bees have begun to use their numerical advantage they form a large ball around a hornet and begin to vibrate quickly which creates a mini oven with the core temperature rising to 115 degrees fahrenheit this is no problem for the bees but it will cook the hornet to death brilliant revenge and amazing ingenuity number 10. beetle vs scorpion beetles are the largest group of organisms with more than 350 000 species and counting if you want to go down in history try discovering a new beetle there's plenty more out there of course there's a wide variety of skills and specializations in the species but one thing they usually have in common is powerful jaws the word beetle is related to the word biter in english sometimes they have even been considered sacred by the egyptians for example in any case you would think that in a fight against a mighty scorpion armed with huge claws and a powerful stinger a beetle would be in serious trouble but as we can see here this beetle rapidly out thinks his better armed enemy he seems to give the scorpion a bite on one of its claws and when the scorpion turns to flee the beetle has the brains to know that it has to neutralize the stinger an epic struggle ensues and the beetle will not let go of the scorpion's tail the scorpion fights back valiantly but soon it becomes exhausted and the beetle finally releases the tail and goes to crush the scorpion head walking away victorious number nine bull ant vs crooked the bull ant gets its name for a good reason these monsters are over an inch long and have a powerful sting as well as the usual tendency associated with ants they have excellent eyesight and the eyes are indeed very large they can visually track prey up to three feet away they're highly aggressive have a venomous stinger on their butt which is pretty far if you're that small but ants prey on other insects which they carry back to their nest and crickets are regular victims in this battle the bull ant seems to overwhelm the cricket pretty quickly but after seemingly being out for the count the cricket recovers and returns to fight some more making this ant really work for his prize in the end multiple stings from the ant are just too much for the cricket but he fought and lost bravely and his prize for that will be to be carried back to the ant nest where he will be pulped and liquidized and then eaten along with a bunch of other random crickets not much sentimentality in the world of insects that's for sure number eight scorpion versus leech leeches and scorpions are both pretty fascinating creatures leeches have 32 brains one for each segment of its body and although they are close relatives of earthworms their nervous system structure is very similar to that of human beings horrible little vampires and they are often used in research into brain disorders scorpions are well known for their huge claws and massive stinging tales and are creatures associated with power darkness and mystery as anyone else who has that astrological sign will agree right guys anyway in this video a large blood sucking leech and a pretty intense and huge scorpion are introduced to one another characteristically the scorpion seems to want to be left alone he tries to hide in the corner of the tank but the leech seems to want to make friends but then it gets over friendly and the leech is like the creepy guy at the bar bothering a girl you can almost hear the scorpion's annoyance and just leave me alone stance after climbing all over the patient scorpion's back several times the patience dries up those massive claws finally grab the leech you'd think this plus several stings from the tail would be enough of a warning but this pest will not quit eventually the scorpion has no choice it's death for the leech number 7. mantis vs blowfly the praying mantis is a highly recognizable insect species but due to its long front legs which it bends and holds at an angle which looks like someone praying they are extraordinary predators and have long necks with a triangular head which give them a very alien-like appearance and they can turn their head 180 degrees scanning their surrounding area for possible prey using their five eyes to do so they are patient preferring to stalk and ambush rather than chase and when they strike with those long forearms it is so fast that the human eye cannot see it as a final mark of the intense nature of this species female praying mantises often eat their partners during mating skillfully consuming up to 90 percent of the male's body without killing him until she's finished the job in this video we see a mantis taking down a blowfly the speed is immense and it's not long before the blowfly is in serious trouble the mantis has the fly trapped in strong arms and soon tears off a wing to eat this fly while standing no chance against the mantis is still involved in another struggle first it seems to be producing a ball of water from its mouth which may be what it feeds it's youngwest this is also consumed by the mantis but all the same the fly a species which births live young rather than eggs begins to push out her megatlarvae in a desperate final attempt to keep her genetic heritage alive just as she's about to die herself number 6. tree scorpion vs green ants green ants are another ant species with an incredible specialist based society all centered around a queen they can strip a huge plant in a day of its leaves and these are used to construct a vast castle for a queen the sharp mandibles cut and lift with incredible strength if they were human sized they'd be able to lift a 7-ton truck with their mouths any insect that makes the mistake of entering their territory is in for a nasty surprise however the 300 million year old tree scorpion is not just any old insect it's a super-powered arachnid that has little fear and the empire building ants are beginning to encroach upon its territory this can only mean one thing conflict the first green ant approaches the scorpion and takes a look around at first the scorpion takes his time not reacting too violently once the ant attacks however the tree scorpion counters with devastating force the ant is obliterated but not before releasing a chemical signal calling for backup now the scorpion is in trouble the ants arrive on mass and begin to bite and release formic acid onto the scorpion the scorpion racks up an impressive body count but the ants have special medics to tend to the wounded in the end weight of numbers overwhelm the scorpion and the ants claim the territory number five red ant versus bird eating spider imelda the clooky tarantula tragically died and her devoted owner decided she deserved a proper burial something representing the true cycle of nature so instead of a somber ceremony with a coffin and priest he's going to dispose of imelda's body at the salva de fuego the fire ant colony so you're probably thinking this is no battle it's a dead spider well keep thinking that for now it's caused the ants to start the great dismantling process the dead cloogy a powerful tarantula which can eat birds is dropped into the ant-verse and some unusual things happen first up as expected the voracious fire ants are super happy about this massive feast and they begin mining into the tarantula for food in spite of having been dead for some time the spinnerets are still working and imelda's nervous system fires them into operation however the ants soon deal with this and after a couple of days the silk and most of the spider's flesh which is quite interestingly has been removed but the fire ants are acting clumsily balling up together and generally being weird and then they all start to die this isn't poison from the meat but the spider's hairs still doing their defensive work even in death so you have to give this one to the spider especially considering the major handicap of being literally dead before the fight began number four mantis vs centipede bringing back two classic fighters from well a few minutes ago we're taking another look at the skills of the praying mantis and the giant centipede you may remember way back in about minute one of our video the centipede had his ass handed to him by some horrifying and pretty op spider [Music] but now he's in a weight division that seems a little fairer up against the praying mantis who impressed us a lot with his speed and power just a couple of topics ago the mantis certainly seems to have the size advantage here and the two seem to be sizing each other up at least the mantises looking composed and confident while the centipede seems a little panicked in the corner the mantis moves in ominously in its usual slow stalking style riles up and then strikes hard and fast looks like a no contest again here only the centipede wrestles hard and strikes back with its powerful and venomous bite he looks pained by the mantis grip but the mantis backs off the centipede seems to say i told you not to fight me bro now it's the mantis's turn to run or at least try to this one ends in a stalemate but for once the mantis has met his match number three black widow vs wolf spider here we have a major contest between two of the most badass arachnids in the world the famous black widow and the massive wolf spider this is pure venom against pure power the black widow was one of the most feared spiders of all probably wouldn't take long for a [ __ ] and it is easily recognizable by the orange or yellow shaped markings on its back which seems to resemble an hourglass an hourglass that starts running once you've been bitten by one counting the time you have left to live wolf spiders are huge and black or brown with stripes and other markings they hunt in a way that resembles wolves running and tracking prey which can include small animals truly a nightmare creature however in this battle wolfy seems not to have much energy for the fight the black widow however is very scrappy and has the upper hand from the outset the jabs reign in but then the black widow seems to have delivered her message and they almost fall into a kind of embrace perhaps a truce is being brokered but things don't go well it seems as suddenly the black widow is going crazy again wolf spider makes half an attempt to fight back with a huge leg but those bites have taken their toll black widow holds on again looks cute but probably just sucking out the wolf spider's brain before long the black widow makes a run for it and victory is hers number 2. black widow vs huntsman the black widow is back again this time with a new challenge the huntsman spider huntsman spiders are also huge and famous for their giant leg spans which resemble that of a tarantula they live off a mainly insect diet as well as eating other spiders but could a huntsman make a meal out of a black widow they certainly know how to hunt and chase hence the name and they are some of the fastest running spiders not needing to bother with webs or traps they just chase and kill like the terrifying nightmare creatures they are supposed to be once they have their prey they inject it with powerful venom so this time the black widow will have to watch out for a taste of its own medicine things look evenly matched to begin with and a tangle begins bites are exchanged and a lot of legs are going crazy however it seems the black widow has once again been the more aggressive fighter and the huntsman is reacting to a bite seeming woozy and then going inert the venom is setting to work he rallies for another round but the widow is untroubled things definitely look bad for the huntsman when some weird goo starts coming out of it that's never good victory for the black widow number one huntsman vs cockroach in what seems like a kind of mismatch our loser from the previous topic now gets to take on a cockroach is this just a tune-up fight to get the huntsman back in the game after being brutally beaten by the black widow or is it possible that the almost indestructible cockroach has something in his locker to defeat the huntsman in a kind of buster douglas vs mike tyson fight from way back in the day the answer is given to us by the australian man who finds a roach in his bathroom he picks up the roach and throws it to his wild pet huntsman alfred getting really big you'll see him really big in the next couple of days the roach is put on the sink where the spider is aware of it and in no time at all the huntsman is on top of the cockroach with its fangs buried deep in its body filling it with venom in a few seconds the roach is dead so no contest here really the cockroach had it coming since a spider has manners and roaches do not which of these crazy insect battles impressed you the most would you keep a huntsman spider or even a black widow as a pet in your bathroom let us know in the comments below also check out our other cool 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Length: 21min 26sec (1286 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 04 2020