[DallasBiff]

Well many moons ago I attended an outdoor fraternity rush gathering, next to Lake Mendota, gaed the mosquitos were bad. >p> I'm still alive..

[crusty old prospector]

Fire ants.

[Navy Patriot]

#1 is the Zeepers Creeper.

[Bob434]

there was a show on called “The Kings of Pain” where 2 fellas woudl let commonly poisonous things (as long as the poisons weren’t dangerous/deadly) bite them in order to create a ‘pain index’ for science

They were stabbed by lion fish, stone fish, all kinds of stinging insects- executioner wasps, and other types even worse- bullet ants etc-

it was pretty wild- they have some videos on youtube- I haven’t seen them in a few years though- i think the pain got to them too much eventually- in the show they woudl take you through the recovery days too- where the pain woudl still be going strong days later in some cases- it was a really wild show

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kings+of+pain

[sasquatch]

I’ve heard that the state bird of Alaska is a mosquito.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Not only are mosquitos responsible for more human fatalities a year than any other animal (including ourselves)

Yup, this jibes with what I've read - that mosquitoes have been responsible for more human death than any other animal in human history (including man). And they continue to be the biggest killer of humans on the planet.

If we could find a way to completely eradicate mosquitoes, not only would we be saving countless human lives every year, we'd also be getting some measure of revenge on a species which has decimated us throughout our history on this planet.

[Deaf Smith]

FYI

The Great Texas Mosquito Festival in Clute (Texas y’all) is July 25-27.

[doorgunner69]

Lawyers #1?

Oh, this is insects, not parasites......

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

I am sure glad Gates is breeding billions of mosquitos.

What could possibly go wrong?

[HerrBlucher]

[A strike]

Rachel Carson,SilentSpring,DDT

[ArtDodger]

Depending on your race:

3: Snakes
2: Ghosts
1: Registered Mail

[Phoenix8]

I was going to say “where are the ticks?”.’’then remembered they are Arachnids.

Around Indiana they are probably the greatest threat of any animal.

[Hot Tabasco]

The worst I’ve ever experienced were sand flies along the coast of Honduras. They’re tiny like no-see-ums, but their bite itches like hell and lasts for up to a month.