Creepiest Insects From Around The World

Closely related to thornbugs, these guys have much more than just a thorn growing out of their head.

These mantis’s follow a policy of aggressive mimicry. Their behavior varies but typically they climb a plant and stay still on the flower until their prey comes by.

With only 3 plumes, this plume moth doesn’t do the species justice. Some can have up to 20.

In Japan it is hard for bee farmers because the Japanese Giant Hornet considers bees to be among its favorite delicacies.

Bred for thousands of years to produce silk, these are strictly domestic caterpillars and their reproduction does not take place in the wild.

These poisonous moths inhabit much of Europe and Asia.

Probably one of the more terrifying caterpillars on the planet, these guys have a very effective defense mechanism.

These large, biting flies inhabit much of mid-continental Africa and feed on the blood of invertebrates.

This spider wasp hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae.

Like several of the other insects on this list, this insect is an insectivore (it eats other insects) and it lives in human homes.

Although this one was found in the United States, these bugs live everywhere except Antarctica. They are named after the large thorn sticking out of their head.

Female horse flies require a meal of mammalian blood prior to breeding.

Recently the Pentagon funded research at the University of California to outfit these beetles with electrodes that make them remote controlled.

It got its name from a false superstition that these insects crawl into the ear of a person and enter their brain.

Also known as litter bugs, these Australian roaches are the world’s heaviest cockroach species.

It’s sharp mandibles are notorious for being able to slice a pencil in half and easily tear through human flesh.

Among the largest insects on Earth, Goliath beetles have been reared in captivity using commercial cat and dog food.

Not only are they born in feces, it is also their first meal.

In scorpion fly society, females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey they offer.

They generally feed upon soft bodied insects which they pierce with their beak in order to inject poison that dissolves their insides.