Ten of the Most Annoying Insects
Ten of the Most Annoying Insects
1. Horseflies
Horseflies are outdoor nuisances that tend to linger around lakes, pools, ponds and barns. These flies are very large, sometimes managing to be over an inch long, and are either all black, or light brown with green eyes. They are notorious for their very painful bites and feed on blood for survival. While horseflies typically feed on livestock, they often bite people as well and in a single meal they can drain up to 1 cc of blood, making them both annoying and problematic. 
2. Wasps
Always the uninvited visitor at picnics and barbeques, wasps are incredibly annoying scavengers. Paper wasps are partial to sugar, seeking it out in sweet drinks, fruit, and nectar in flowers. Unlike honeybees, wasps can sting multiple times because they don’t lose their stingers, as well as bite with their powerful mandibles. When the heat of the summer hits, wasps can become extremely aggressive, attacking with little provocation and, since their aggression releases pheromones, the entire colony might descend on you. 
3. Mosquitos
They’re as relentless as they are dangerous. With an estimated 3,200 different species of mosquitoes, these nasty invertebrates are vectors of disease, some of which are extremely detrimental, and even potentially deadly to humans. Mosquito transmitted diseases account for several million deaths worldwide each year, making it one of the deadliest creatures on Earth. Mosquitos are attracted to body odors, warmth, movement and, especially, the exhalation of carbon dioxide, making them experts at finding us. They buzz around you head, bite you, and leave behind painful, itchy bites. Arguably, mosquitos are internationally considered the most annoying pests ever. 
4. Fleas
Fleas are external parasites that are extremely tiny and feast on the blood of their victims. They tend to feast on the blood of our beloved furry friends such as cats and dogs, potentially causing a myriad of medical complications including: flea allergy dermatitis (FAD), anemia, tapeworms, etc. However, fleas don’t just affect pets, in fact, are notorious spreaders of disease and destruction for humans throughout history. Depending on the person or existence of diseases withing the insects, the severity of flea bites can vary. In general, the bites are very itchy and cause skin irritation in the surrounding areas leading to sores or rashes. Between the itchiness, their large populations of jumping little creatures, and health risks, fleas are certainly more than just annoying. 
5. Spiders
Although not technically insects, as they are a member of the arachnid family, spiders are pests that are notorious for being both terrifying and exceedingly upsetting. Due to their creepy and macabre appearance, they are often considered to be scary as opposed to annoying, but there is one aspect that can make a spider infestation in or around your home a major headache. Whether you’re plagued with cellar spiders, house spiders, hobo spiders, wolf spiders, etc. your home has the potential to be overrun with webs. When this is the case, unless professional intervention is helping root out the spiders at their source, you could be stuck in a never-ending cycle of dusting away webs only to find them all rebuilt in only a day or two. 
6. Moths
There are roughly 160,000 different species of moths and, in the United States alone, nearly 11,000 different species of moths have been identified. When the sun goes down, these flying insects tend to flock to light sources, darting around in a messy mosh-pit of moths. These collections of light-obsessed insects can disrupt your enjoyment outdoors, invade your homes at night, and frustratingly fly into you in a confused flurry. If these behaviors aren’t annoying enough, moths can destroy your wardrobe. Moth larvae have a tendency to chew holes in clothing. While not all species of moths do this, the ones that do can cause extensive and expensive damage. 