If You Touch This Beetle, You'll Regret It Instantly

harlequin beetle looks formidable and it is this bug's body reaches three inches in length and its front legs are often even longer than that they help it crawl on trees getting from branch to branch and males also use them to impress females despite the looks harlequin beetles aren't really dangerous they won't bite you even if you corner them and if you by any chance grow cabbage in your backyard you probably would try to corner them these bugs feed on its leaves still better not to touch them with your bare hands they exude a foul smelling liquid that both stinks and stings causing skin irritation wear those gloves will ya you know what also stinks now besides my socks squash bugs if you have a garden patch these pests can be more than just a nuisance they could spoil the squash you've been lovingly growing for the fall hence the name and if you squash them they begin to smell just awful hence the pond squash bugs are also often mistaken for stink bugs but those are even more notorious they begin stinking even if you so much as touch them wow sensitive giraffe weevil is probably the most harmless little fella on this list but not much is known about it yet it gets its name from the long spiny neck this adaptation helps them build nests and fight over other weevils for food and mates it may be placid but the red covering of its wings lets predators know the bug is either foul tasting or poisonous or both likewise you shouldn't eat monarch butterflies or their caterpillars these beautiful insects are often kept as pets and were once almost chosen as the national insect of the us but the little known fact is that they're highly poisonous monarchs feed on milkweed a plant containing a potent toxin they've acquired immunity to it and as a side effect butterflies accumulate the toxin in their bodies this makes them a very unappetizing dish for birds and other predators the concentration is so high that even humans that accidentally or not eat a monarch caterpillar can experience quite unpleasant consequences mealworm beetles are abundant almost anywhere so you must have seen them the most probable place to find them is a poultry farm though mealworm larvae are often used to feed farm birds and that's where the danger lies male worms carry lots of diseases that can spread among birds and then to humans they also like to eat chicken food and even insulation on farms so they're not the best choice of a meal for birds despite their name and adult beetles produce a poison that's not harmful in small doses but causes allergy in high concentrations if you happen to be at a poultry farm make sure you avoid those beetles tiger beetles come in lots of shapes and colors but they all have two traits in common long thin legs and sharp sword-like mandibles those legs allow them to run faster than almost any other insect so fast in fact that when they're on a hunt they sometimes have to stop and look around for a few seconds their eyes and brain simply can't process the picture quickly enough so they wait for the landscape to load around them most tiger beetles are harmless but if you see one with an orange pattern on its back don't touch it these bugs produce cyanide to protect themselves and this chemical can do a lot of harm both to animals and people if you touch a tiger beetle and then rub your mouth or eyes it might cause severe irritation oh look see that wonderful pattern on a flower over there looks like an impressionist painting and in a sense it is that's a picasso bug these critters feed on plants and are mostly placid but think twice if you want to take a closer look it's not a ladybug when touched it'll emit a strong odor that's not exactly flowering we're still you might have a hard time getting rid of the stench even hours after the encounter walking out of a pine forest you notice a weird movement right beneath your feet it looks like a little fuzzy train that's several dozen feet long in fact it's a defense technique of pine precessionary caterpillars they travel nose to tail in large groups to protect each other they look really particular but trying to disrupt the column isn't the best idea each car of this natural train has hundreds of needle sharp bristles if you touch any of them with your bare hand they'll first cause sharp pain and then some other unpleasant reactions predators don't like pine processionaries for the same reason asian giant hornets live mostly in asian countries but they were reported in north america in 2019 these beasts are big yellow and vicious it's impossible to confuse a giant hornet with any other bee or wasp they're much larger and a lot more aggressive but the worst thing about them is their stinger which is more than three times longer than that of a honeybee the stinger contains a really potent venom and several stings from an asian giant hornet can bring down even a large animal and a human too and if that wasn't enough these creatures can even spray their venom aiming at the eyes needless to say that's an unforgettable experience lenomia is a rather unassuming little moth that doesn't pose a threat to anyone but before it becomes a moth it has to go through a caterpillar stage and that's when you don't want to cross its path lanomia caterpillars are covered in hair thin bristles that contain a powerful venom but even if you know not to touch them you still might get pricked caterpillars perfectly blend in with tree trunks to add to their protection a person might unknowingly lean on a trunk with lenomias huddled on it and they won't hesitate to stick those needles into the unlucky guest if you get stung immediately seek medical attention [Music] now let's admit all centipedes are terrifying and perhaps one of the most horrible species is a texas red-headed centipede first of all it looks like it's ascended from your deepest darkest nightmares a black section body dozens of yellowish legs that look more like claws and a red head with two long horns a picture enough to make me run for it in a split second being pretty large these crawlers have a voracious appetite munching on toads lizards and an occasional rat sometimes when desperate they can even catch a bat right in the middle of a flight and of course red-headed centipedes are venomous fitting for such an appearance luckily they're not interested in humans and that's mutual now this critter isn't large but it's very defensive meaning you don't want to cross it its name speaks for itself the devil's coach horse a total black bug that resembles an earwig it will raise its behind and open his powerful jaws when threatened this pose makes it look like a scorpion and at this point better back off if you don't the devil's coach horse will start to emit a foul stench and ooze unpleasant liquid from its mouth for defense and if that doesn't scare you off it will eventually bite which is quite painful you know just leave the beast alone okay velvet ants aren't ants at all they're a kind of wingless wasp that just look a lot like ants these bugs don't form large colonies and usually live alone hiding in tall grass this behavior has given them another nickname cow ants because when a cow is grazing nearby it might step on a velvet ant and get a painful bite in return humans also get bitten sometimes especially if they walk barefoot velvet ants are venomous but their venom is less potent than that of bees so it's not really dangerous still the pain from such a bite is serious and if you want to squash this bug good luck they have an unusually tough carapace that protects them from other stinging insects and even birds puss moths get their name from their furry fuzzy appearance it's like they're little fluffy flying kitties moths might be cute but their caterpillars as always should only be looked at not touched despite the even fuzzier looks a puss caterpillar is covered in thousands of hollow spines that break off the critter's back upon contact and inject their venom and what a venom it is pus caterpillars are the most venomous caterpillars in the u.s one sting of this little monster can result in days and even weeks of sickness and if you're allergic to it then i can only wish you best of luck

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Length: 10min 2sec (602 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 03 2020