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The giant scolopendra is a species of spongy-footed millipedes of the true scolopendra family found in the north and west of South America and on the islands of Jamaica and Trinidad. The giant scolopendra is known to attack birds, lizards, mice and toads. The females are especially poisonous.

The Red American Reaper Ant, or Bearded Reaper Ant, is a stinging ant species of the tribe Myrmicini of the subfamily Myrmicinae that has one of the strongest venoms of all insects. P. barbatus has a stinging power equal to level 3 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which is greater than that of the hornet and honeybee.

The human gadfly Dermatobia hominis is a species of sheepfly whose larvae parasitize humans. It is also known as the torsalo or American song fly, although the song fly belongs to the genus Hypoderma, not Dermatobia, and parasitizes cattle and deer, not humans.

Vespa mandarinia is the largest hornet in the world, the length of some subspecies of this insect exceeds 5 cm, the wingspan can exceed 7.5 cm and the sting almost 6 mm. The main distinguishing feature is a very large head: the distance from the posterior edge of the eyes to the posterior edge of the head is several times greater than the width of the eye.

Paraponera clavata is a species of large tropical ants in the genus Paraponera, subfamily Paraponerinae. They have the strongest venom, which is more powerful than the venom of any wasp or bee.

Fluffy caterpillar - In almost all cases, people experience severe redness and swelling at the site of contact with the spikes. Some people additionally experience severe headache, fever, nausea, rapid heartbeat, cramps

Dorylinae is a subfamily of nomadic, semi-nomadic, and closely related ants. In the old narrow scope, it was called Nomadic ants, or Legionnaire ants, or Dorylinae, or wandering ants. Since 2014, the volume of the taxon has been greatly expanded to include all dorilomorphic subfamilies: 28 genera and about 800 species.

The Africanized bee is a hybrid of the African bee with various bee breeds common in Europe. An extra-axonomic group of honeybees. According to statistics, since 1969, more than 200 people have died in Brazil from the stings of African bees, several thousand more have suffered - they were severely stung. There are also many victims in Colombia.