In the world of bugs – if we exclude arachnids – there is no more powerful poison than that produced by the red harvester ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex . Specifically, the venom of the Pogonomyrmex maricopa is comparable to that of the cobra. But there is no fear of crossing their path: the doses they inject are so tiny that they pose no mortal risk to humans or animals. The unfortunate man who suffers his attack will only experience extreme pain that will subside after about four hours. These Hymenopterans live mainly in the deserts of America .
What is the most poisonous insect?
The South American firefly, a new invasive species in Spain?
Initially it was identified as a new species of firefly, although it was soon seen that, in fact, it had been brought by the human hand from Argentina.
Insect swarms generate as much electricity as a thunderstorm
Swarms of bees can generate an electrical charge of 1,000 volts per meter, a higher voltage density than thunderclouds and electrified dust storms.
They rediscover a cockroach that was thought extinct for almost a century
It is a species of cockroach that feeds on wood and disappeared from its place of origin in the 1930s after the inclusion of an invasive species.
Calculate the number of ants on Earth
A team of researchers concluded in a study that some 20,000 billion ants live on our planet. These insects are of great importance.
Meganeura, the largest insect that ever lived
From the middle of the Carboniferous to the late Permian, the world was dominated by these huge insects, the largest in the history of life.