Most dangerous

bugs

Most dangerous bugs

Published at Petitcodiac Regional School

May 2016

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#5 Human bot fly

Crawls inside of your body.

#4 Siafu (driver ant)

Bigger colonies then fire ants.

#3 Anopheles mosquito

Spreads malaria.

#2 Asian hornet

Four times the size of a wasp.

#1 kissing bug

Slow painful death.

I thought…

What do you think?

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If you flip through these pages beware there’s

no going back these are the top 5 most

dangerous bugs .I did not pick any ordinary

bugs I PICK ONLY THE TOP 5. These bugs are

not your friend so don’t be distracted by the

names!!!!!!

Human botfly

Size: larva =1cm adult=1.2, 1.8 Pain factor: stabbing feeling Killed: 0 deaths plenty injured

The human botfly is a parasite that can

grow anywhere. Sometimes you can see

the botfly move underneath your skin.

They eat there way into the human body .

After 20 days they will come out just to

restart there cycle.

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Human botfly

The Expert Says…

Very hard stabbing feeling on the

outside of the skin.

My loving home

The human botfly lives around

the south of Mexico and also

Argentina. They love most

tropical places. You can get them

on any tropical vacation you go

on.

Scary secrets

This bug loves human insides just

as much as you love food. You can

get it on tropical vacations. The

human botfly eats only living

things.

Repopulation

The botfly is a very small bug,

though for its size it can hold

quite a few babies under her

wings. She can hold around 25-30

larvae.

How to say bye

To get rid of this bug you either

have to get a doctor to make a

small incision and then pull it out

with tweezers, or use home

remedies. You can slap a piece of

raw meat on it or smear tree sap

on it to suffocate it.

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Siafu (driver ant)

SIZE: Queen-biggest ant in the world- normal adult 2in. PAINFACTOR: Throat swelles up and suffocates the victom. KILLED: kills mostly babies and older people because they are weaker.

Siafu ants are 4th on my list because they can tear

your throat’s lung tissue! They also plan their attacks

so they can suffocate their victim after tearing

through the lung tissue. They also get in to you

airway. Siafu ants can strip a frog to its bones. They

are murderers.

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Siafu ant

My loving home

Saifu ants live in Central America,

South America and Africa. There has

been many deaths but I could not find

the exact amount of people.

Scary secrets

In the olden days people sowed the

saifu ant in gloves and made people

put their hand in the glove for 10

minutes to become a worrier. These

ants are also carnivores they eat their

victims flesh.

Repopulation

There’s 61spiecies of these ants. They

are in colines of 50.000.000. These

ants have a lot of babies there was no

certain number on the internet.

How to say bye

There’s not a certain way to get rid of

this particular ant but there’s ways to

get rid of other ants that might work

for these ones like you can cover your

food clean open food, find the ant nest

or put borax on the ant hill.

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Anopheles mosquitos

SIZE: Adult-1.6 cm weight-less than 2.5 mg PAINFACTOR: Bite is not painfull KILLED: 300 to 500 million kids every year

Anopheles mosquitos are very dangerous

even if they don’t look it. These kinds of

mosquitos carry a kind of disease called

malaria. They’ve killed a lot of kids.

Anopheles mosquitos might not have a

painful bite but they can kill.

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Anopheles mosquito

My loving home

The anopheles mosquito is naturally

found in eastern North America,

eastern United States and southern

Canada, They may also be found in

parts of Mexico.

Scary secrets

There are 30-40 species of mosquitos

that are responsible for death. They

carry many deadly diseases. They also

have to take blood meals to carry eggs.

Repopulation

The Female anopheles mosquitos can

live up to a month the male lives up to

two week. Most of the species lay

their eggs on water.

How to say bye

These bugs are really hard to get rid of

all you can do is spray bug repellent,

keep your windows closed at night and

I guess garlic works to if you’re in to

home remedies.

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Asian hornet

size: 4in painfactor: Stabs you with 10mm stinger+ venom killed: 41 dead 1600 injured

The Asian hornet is 2 on my list because it can

kill an adult in minutes. The Asian hornet is

one of the hardest bugs to escape from. It has

a wing span of 3cm long. When hitting top

speed they can get up to 40km/h. They are not

a bug to be playing with

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Asian hornets

My loving home

The Asian hornet is most likely to

be found around eastern Asia or

the mountains of japan. They

normally live in the dense

woodlands. They are also

somewhat rare.

Scary secrets

The Asian hornet is a very scary bug

because it has flesh dissolving acid that

alerts other wasps until your dead.

They can also kill 40 bees in under a

minute. Asian hornets are carnivores

they normally eat bees and other bugs.

Repopulation

The queen Asian hornet lays one

egg in each cell. The eggs will

hatch in about a week. They live

for about3-5 weeks .she lays her

eggs after her nest is complete.

How to say bye

If an Asian hornet is in your house or is

by you house either call pest control or

do these steps –wear a safety suit-buy

strong plastic bags-get hornet remover

spray-fill the bag with the nest-spray

the part the nest was on-or vacuum up

some hornets.

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Kissing bug

SIZE: Babies- 2mm Adult-4in KILLED: 11.000 PEOPLE PAINFACTOR: Chews through cardiac muscle and spreads diseases

Kissing bugs are not your friends they will kill

you in your sleep. This bug is a very

dangerous bug they have killed many people

globally each year. It’s not the bite that’s

dangerous it’s that it spreads diseases. The

adult kissing bug grows up to 4in while the

baby is only 2mm .These bugs love blood but

the only spot they like it is around the mouth

on your lips or by your eyes like your eye lids.

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The kissing bugs bite is also known as kisses of death

Kissing bug

Home sweet home

This bug normally lives in Asia, Africa

Australia and Texas has also been

found in 28 different states. One

other thing about this bug is they like

cold places they don’t always live in

cold places but they like the cold.

Scary secrets

This bug spreads diseases, the diseases

that this bug carries can cause heart

failure. These bugs are night bugs so it

eats in the night. It’s been proven that

when a cockroach bites a kissing bug

the cockroach will die in a matter of

seconds.

Repopulation

A female kissing bug will need more

protein when she is pregnant. She will

lay her eggs around June or

September. The egg will hatch after 2-

3 weeks. The babies will need 5-8

meals of blood a day.

How to say bye

To get rid of this bug you need to:

1. Keep house warm

2. Clean house(for any bug)

3. Pest control

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Here are the criteria I used in ranking the most dangerous bugs.

Deadly to humans

What they eat

Do they carry diseases

Killed

Painful or deadly bite

I thought…

1. Do you agree with my numbers? If not try ranking them yourself with your research. Do you think you’ll try this project! 2. Here are some other dangerous bugs that could have been in the top 5,

Praying mantis Brown reculse(spider) Assassin bug Rat fleas Fat tailed scorpion Sidney funnel web spider

What do you think?