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Insects are often seen, but you have never seen such a large one, these giant insects are hard to believe that they are from Earth, more like alien creatures! Well, get ready to scream.
Asian giant bee
Vespa mandarinia
Hu Feng, the largest in the world
Asian giant bees, commonly known as: Chinese tiger head bee, Taiwan tiger head bee, golden ring wasp, Japanese hornet, is the world's largest wasp.
They inhabit temperate and subtropical regions, distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia, and are one of the most dangerous insects in Asia.
Asian giant wasps can reach 45 to 60 mm in length and have a wingspan of 75 mm. The broad head has huge "teeth" and is 6.35 mm long when stinging a human with a large amount of venom.
About 30 to 40 people die each year due to stings in Japan due to giant Asian bee stings. In China's Shaanxi province in 2013, Asian giant bees stung more than 1,600 people and killed at least 28.
Asian giant bees prey on bees or other species of wasps and insects, and even on small reptiles.
They often attack other species of hives, and a single bumblebee can kill 40 European bees in a minute; A group of 30 bumblebees could destroy an entire hive containing 30,000 bees in just over three hours.
Titan Tianniu
Titanus giganteus
The world's largest celestial cow
The Titan Beetle, also known as the Titan Beetle, is the largest known beetle that lives in the Amazon rainforest of South America and is one of the largest insect species in the world.
They are mainly found in the rainforests of Colombia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador and north-central Brazil.
Adult Titan Tianniu is 110 to 170 mm long, and the largest male individual is recorded at 180 mm. Their powerful jaws can bite off a pencil or cut into human skin.
Adult Titans never eat, they just fly around in search of a mate. If threatened, it will make a loud hissing sound to intimidate the enemy.
Red Bull Head Dog Ant
Myrmecia gluttonous
The world's largest ant
The Red Bull Dog Ant belongs to the genus Of the Bulldog Ants in the family Ant family, distributed in Australia, and is one of the largest ant species in the world. Adult Red Bull Dog Ants are about 15 to 30 mm, and the largest Red Bull Dog ant found so far can reach a body length of 40 mm.
Because of its super combat effectiveness, the Red Bull-headed Dog Ant does not like to cooperate collectively when going out to forage, but prefers to fight alone, relying on its sharp jaw and tail thorns to solve problems.
They are extremely aggressive and can prey on bees and other ants. If a group of red bull-headed dog ants appear in front of the anteaters, do not be too numerous, even if there are three hundred, I am afraid that even the anteaters cannot afford it.
More central megalodon
Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi
The world's largest aquatic insect
For the first time, chinese insects made the Guinness List, the Yuezhong Megalodon
The Yuezhong megalodon belongs to the broad-winged order Toothhopper family, mainly distributed in China and Vietnam, and is the largest aquatic insect in the world today.
Discovered in July 2014 in Mount Qingcheng, Chengdu, the Yuezhong megalodon reached a maximum wingspan of 21 cm, making it the first time that a Chinese insect broke the Guinness Book of Records.
Although the Yuezhong megalodon is huge, and both male and female adults have a pair of huge teeth on the front of the head, fierce-looking, but the adults do not prey on other animals, only suck the sap flowing from trees, and the Yuezhong megalodon is also an important water quality index insect.
The Echichu megalodon loves to lick duck pear juice
Chinese giant bamboo worm
Phryganistria chinensis
The longest insect in the world
The Chinese giant bamboo shootworm Phryganistria chinensis, discovered in 2014 in the mountains of Liuzhou District, Guangxi Province, has now become the longest of more than 800,000 known insect species worldwide.
It reached a length of 62.4 cm and a body length of 36.1 cm, thus breaking the world record of 56.7 cm held by the Malaysian stick insect.
The insect was discovered by a team of scientists from the Chengdu Huaxi Entomological Museum in a mountainous area near Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, at an altitude of 1,200 meters, and in honor of its discoverer Li Zhao, the new species of bamboo stick insect was named Phryganistria chinensis Zhao.
Rhino cockroach
Macropanesthia rhinoceros
The world's largest cockroach
The Rhino Cockroach is the largest and longest-lived cockroach native to Australia and is the heaviest cockroach on record in the world.
Adult rhino cockroaches can reach 8.3 cm in length and weigh 63 g, they have powerful short limbs and a very textured shell, both male and female are wingless, and their climbing ability is also poor, but they are good at digging.
Rhino cockroaches are intelligent and long-lived insects that can live longer than 10 years. In their place of origin they eat eucalyptus leaves and are generally not considered pests, and many people keep them as pets.
White Witch Moth
Thysania agrippina
The world's widest spread insect
The White Witch Moth has many names, including the Coat Moth, the Ghost Moth, the Giant Agrippina, the Great Grey Witch, the Great Owl Moth, the Strong-Beaked Nocturnal Moth, etc. They mainly live in the tropical regions of South America, distributed in central and northern Central and South America.
The white witch moth has a wingspan of 25 to 30 cm and a maximum of 32 cm, making it the widest wing spread of insects in the world.
The white wings of the white witch moth with a complex zigzag pattern on the front are its excellent camouflage on gray-white trunks, and due to its good protective color, it is difficult to find in the jungle, so it is also one of the most mysterious moths in the world.
Large silkworm moth
Attacus atlas
The world's largest insect with wings
The great silkworm moth, also known as the emperor moth, is a large moth in the family Silkworm Moth family, mainly distributed in China and Southeast Asia.
It has a wingspan of 18 to 25 cm and a recorded maximum wingspan of 400 c㎡, making it the largest insect in the world.
The wing tips of the great silkworm moth mimic the snake head, so it is also known as the snake head moth. As for why it looks like a snake's head, the main purpose is to intimidate predators.
Empress Alexander bird-winged butterfly
Ornithoptera alexandrae - The New Year
The world's largest butterfly
The Empress Alexander Birdwing Butterfly, also known as the Queen Alexander Giant Butterfly or Alexander Birdwing Butterfly, is the largest butterfly in the world, only found in the rainforests off the coast of the northern province of eastern New Guinea.
Male butterfly (left) vs female butterfly (right)
Alexander Queen Bird Wing Butterfly Hermaphrodite, female butterfly wings are brown, wingspan up to 31 cm, abdomen milky white; male butterflies are relatively small, wings are also brown, rainbow blue luster and green markings, the abdomen is bright yellow, male wingspan of about 16 to 20 cm.
Unfortunately, with the destruction of the rainforest and the impact of the nearby Lamington volcano, the bird-winged butterfly, which depends on the rainforest for survival, is on the verge of extinction and belongs to the endangered species of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, with a protection level of Category I.
Male (top) vs female (bottom)
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