Oh, the joys of walking into a spider web that wasn’t there before. Suddenly, you are a ninja and nothing will escape your fighting skills! Or, you are sitting on a bench minding your own business when along comes the ugliest looking bug you’ve ever seen before and you just know that it has it out for you. Unfortunately if you are afraid of bugs (like centipedes, caterpillars, or cockroaches) you are constantly going to be on the lookout in South Carolina. Here are 25 bugs that will make you stop and run the other way.
- Wheel Bug
Wikipedia
- Golden Tortoise Beetle
Charles Lam/Flickr
- Black Widow Spider
Steve Jurvetson/Flickr
- Ox Beetle
Teague O’Mara/Flickr
- German Cockroach
Sarah Camp/Flickr
- Boll Weevil
Thomas Shahan/Flickr
- Ant Mimic Spider
Thomas Shahan/Flickr
- Acorn Weevil
Ben Sale/Flickr
- Leaf-Footed Bug
gailhampshire/Flickr
- American Cockroach
Lynette/Flickr
- Bed Bug
AFPMB/Flickr
- Assassin Bug
gbohne/Flickr
- Stag Beetle
Tomas Gal/Flickr
- Black-Legged Tick
Fairfax County/Flickr
- Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Distant Hill Gardens/Flickr
- Tawny Mole Cricket
Sergey Yeliseev/Flickr
- Giant Mayfly
Anita Gould/Flickr
- Carolina Wolf Spider
Fritz Flohr Reynolds/Flickr
- Spotted Camel Cricket
TJ Gehling/Flickr
- Masked Hunter
gailhampshire/Flickr
- Flower Longhorn Beetle
jacinta lluch valero/Flickr
- Cross Spider
redy1966/Flickr
- Common Conehead
Carlos De Soto Molinari/Flickr
- Eastern Hercules Beetle
Fredlyfish4/Flickr
- American House Spider
Wikipedia
I guess I could have written more about how some of these bugs are actually pretty useful to have around or how they play an important role in the circle of life. I could have mentioned how most of them are harmless (except the Black Widow, but we all know that). But why bother? Most of us already know all of that and are still weirded out by these guys. I just wanted to show you what some of your neighbors and roommates look like. Also, I hate cockroaches. I’d prefer finding a snake in my bathroom to seeing a cockroach skitter under the counter.
Wikipedia
Charles Lam/Flickr
Steve Jurvetson/Flickr
Teague O’Mara/Flickr
Sarah Camp/Flickr
Thomas Shahan/Flickr
Ben Sale/Flickr
gailhampshire/Flickr
Lynette/Flickr
AFPMB/Flickr
gbohne/Flickr
Tomas Gal/Flickr
Fairfax County/Flickr
Distant Hill Gardens/Flickr
Sergey Yeliseev/Flickr
Anita Gould/Flickr
Fritz Flohr Reynolds/Flickr
TJ Gehling/Flickr
jacinta lluch valero/Flickr
redy1966/Flickr
Carlos De Soto Molinari/Flickr
Fredlyfish4/Flickr
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