Most things in the wild can be seen quite easily, and you can probably hear them from a good distance. It's the tiny quiet things that can pull the plug in your tub too. Most of the bugs you see are generally harmless but there are some big hitters in them tiny bodies at times. Keep in mind that mosquitos can carry parasites, as well as bacteria.



Fire Ant


Fire ants bite to clamp on, then inject a venom with their stinger (just like a wasp), giving them a double whammy.

---

Black Widows are one of the most dangerous spiders in the world. Although the mortality rate is low (due to treatment), they utilize a Latrotoxin. The female has a toxin 3x more powerful than the male, as the female is also 3x larger than the male. Their bite nonetheless can turn necrotic and the skin around the bite will begin to disintegrate. Initially the bite is 2 tiny incisions like a mini snakebite.



While having a highly hemotoxic venom, Brown Recluse rarely bite unless physically provoked or squeezed inside shoes or clothing. Half the time no necrosis occurs, but there are many cases where large areas of flesh around the bite have been eaten away and turn gangrenous. There is not much you can do in the wild to reverse this. Garlic oil is probably the best you can get by with along with proper medical help.


Day 9 after a Brown Recluse bite



Hobo Spiders are classified in the same category as Funnel Web Spiders, and have a significant bite which can create skin lesions.


Hobo Spider funnel web hole




Tarantulas are found in many areas of the US. Although they are rather docile and can be domesticated, their bite can be very painful as they have very large mandibles, but they have a very weak venom. Anaphilactic shock is still a possibility nonetheless.

---

Blacklegged Tick which spreads Lyme Disease

---

Deer Tick

---

Africanized Killer Bees are honeymakers with exposed hives. They are easily irritated by movement and noise. They have been known to swarm and attack anything close by making them a [perpetual bombardment of multiple severely toxic stings. They need not be physically provoked. You can be outside watering your plants, or just walk by them and cough, and it's on! They are relentless and can often number in the thousands. Below is what can potentially happen when a hive is awakened. The Africanized strain are known to be brutally aggressive and have attacked american honeybee hives and overthrown them.

---

Although the Centipede bite is not fatal, it can still cause fever, chills, and aches, besides the very painful bite. Children may be more seriously affected. Anaphylactic shock may also occur in those allergic to bee stings.

---

Scorpions are yet another group of crawleys. Their stings can contain enzymes and neurotoxins. Each bite should be treated with great concern as some are highly poisonous and some are not, but they carry a combination of toxins and each bite can contain different concentrations. One interesting thing about many of them is that they glow under a blacklight.