Top 20 Massive Insects That REALLY Exist
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Күн бұрынStumbling upon one of these insanely large insects would be a shocking experience. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the heaviest, longest, and largest insects in the world and see what they’re all about. Our countdown of massive insects that are actually real includes Sabertooth Longhorn Beetle, Gauromydas Heros, Giant Burrowing Cockroach, Tarantula Hawk, Titan Beetle, and more! What insect creeps you out the most? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo 25 күн бұрын
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@Funny.Man101 18 күн бұрын
What do butterflies study in school? MotheMatics
@rakiahbaker5589 18 күн бұрын
I like beautiful moths
@mr.eggsbert 18 күн бұрын
Hi everyone 👋My name is Mike
@mojo3318 18 күн бұрын
@@Funny.Man101 Good one!
@therubyminecart5291 18 күн бұрын
Stick bugs
@brockbracken318 18 күн бұрын
Something something Australia
@IWantToPetYourDog 18 күн бұрын
They can't include the Huntsman spider because it's not an insect.
@SPAnComCat 18 күн бұрын
@@IWantToPetYourDog As an Australian myself, I can Confirm. And I've Actually seen that Spider Years ago at School when I was a Teen!
@jintermont 18 күн бұрын
Thumbs up if you read this in ZeFranks voice 😂 🤌 😂
@EvilNecroid 18 күн бұрын
why do people always say australia when most of the shit in this video isnt even from here
@SPAnComCat 18 күн бұрын
@@EvilNecroid EXACTLY!
@Jose-ht2lw 18 күн бұрын
The beetles are so majestic! They look like little transformers. 😅
@ShosuCeladon 18 күн бұрын
Now I can't get the thought of beetles transforming into cars out of my head.
@knightofarkronia9968 17 күн бұрын
@@ShosuCeladonWell, Bumblebee transformed into a Volkswagen Beetle in the original cartoon!
@las_0703 18 күн бұрын
This video won't stop bugging me! 😅
@ken-neon19 18 күн бұрын
💀
@mojo3318 18 күн бұрын
I get it!
@WatchMojo 18 күн бұрын
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 15 күн бұрын
Dad joke!
@JonathanLasry 18 күн бұрын
I so glad you started to include centimeters when discussing size ! Thanks 🙏🏻
@grayshigami6797 18 күн бұрын
Some of these inspired cool Pokemon like Heracross and Pinsir
@CatsOverBrats 18 күн бұрын
Moths are so beautiful. My favorite insect.
@Baseds__Backup_Account_3 18 күн бұрын
Massive insects will never stop being cool tbh, you know, lol.
@SPAnComCat 18 күн бұрын
I've Actually seen the Atlas Moth when I was at a Place Called "Picnic Point" and that GLORIOUS Creature was Amazing to Look at! That Experience was Fantastic!
@ken-neon19 18 күн бұрын
dang, these insects are so scary....
@jravage77 18 күн бұрын
This is horrifying...why am I watching this?
@starvoltnexus3139 18 күн бұрын
Because it’s fascinating
@mr.eggsbert 18 күн бұрын
@starvoltnexus3139 my name is Mike 😉
@beyondview 18 күн бұрын
lmaoooo 😂
@tracyearwin2241 18 күн бұрын
I said THAT! 😮😁
@andraiy644 18 күн бұрын
Curiosity...personnally...
@Lightkeeper83 18 күн бұрын
Thank you for both metric and imperial. It was about time. Let's keep it that way, thank you /Edit - Well, almost... what happened with the last ones on the list?
@_Ci_a-i-ra_ 18 күн бұрын
This video has made me believe Skull Island is real Lol
@girardedward 18 күн бұрын
6:55 The Japanese wasp always scared me during our BBQs on the Tokyo Bay. I can still hear my Nippon friends laughing as I run away (multiple times!). 😅😅
@BlenderStudy 18 күн бұрын
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Scary insects..!! 🥶
@PaolaBarrientos 18 күн бұрын
Very interesting video. Love all the animals featured in it
@TiagoNomad 18 күн бұрын
I already knew quite a few of these because of Animal Crossing.
@jonathanbaenziger3182 18 күн бұрын
Yes, yes. I was thinking the same thing. When I saw one from that game, I chuckled a little for some reason. I was kind of hoping to see a Giant Petaltail Dragonfly since I've heard that they're among the biggest of the dragonflies. I guess they're not big enough to be featured here though.
@Areniapixie 18 күн бұрын
Awesome video! I absolutely adore bugs. Especially the atlas moth 😍
@Krobra91 18 күн бұрын
i lost all focus at 8:35 at the Drake Meme.. tooo epic
@derithross8314 18 күн бұрын
We call them june bugs , not sure same thing but we had something like that in Massachusetts.
@anthonymata53 18 күн бұрын
Don't look now but there's something crawling on your leg just now lol
@omanyte9972 17 күн бұрын
The Pokémon Heracross is based on Japanese rhinoceros beetle. Mega Heracross is based on Hercules beetle. And Pokémon like Pinsir and Vikavolt are based on stag beetles. (Source: Bulbapedia)
@BrandonPettitt-bw1mj 18 күн бұрын
The Hercules Beetle is one of my personal favourite species of beetles plus I’m surprised that Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle or the Caucasus Beetle isn’t on this list.
@PopcornForLife 18 күн бұрын
why am I watching this....
@troyperrotti931 18 күн бұрын
But we watched it
@pyrocore 18 күн бұрын
It is not a wheat-a. Its Weta. Wet-a. How can you get that wrong not only is it spelled exactly like that, but two of the worlds most famous FX companies are names after it. Weta FX and Weta Workshop.
@CallMeKes 18 күн бұрын
Fun fact: The Atlas Moth was discovered when a bird hunter shot it my accident, thinking it was a bird.
@ViciousFurstin 17 күн бұрын
More entomology! Please ✨
@pengen_gantinama 15 күн бұрын
Megalara garuda and Megachile pluto deserve mention here, both are the largest wasp and largest bee species in the world respectively, and both have large beetle like mandibles. Also whatever the currently largest ant species (Dinoponera I think?) should get mentioned as well.
@Crynogar 17 күн бұрын
Was missing things like Theraposa Blondi, Pandinus Imperator or Heteropoda Maxima. Those would have given some sweet dreams :D
@tonythunder6048 18 күн бұрын
I never wanted to use a flamethrower more in my entire life. I will literally cry if any of these things are bigger than my hand and my house will cease to exist. That is their house now and I am moving
@HShango 18 күн бұрын
Lol, relax
@Funny.Man101 18 күн бұрын
What do spiders and baseball players have in common? Both catch flies
@spirithalloweenboy 18 күн бұрын
I would only freak out if I found an Asian giant hornet or a tarantula hawk wasp in my house. The other bugs I would even consider pets
@jarredbillings2332 18 күн бұрын
Well...Flamehrower, a Fire-type move, is super-effective against Bug-type Pokémon. Just saying...😏😏😏
@bumblebee4024 18 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😆🤣🤣🤣🤣
@amberwelch393 17 күн бұрын
It's a shame that some really cool insects have such short lifespans in their final stage, some of them are really cool, and some just plain creepy/scary 😂
@Hero_of_Comedy 18 күн бұрын
The Acteon Beetle and its larva make me think of the Armored Cannon Beetle and Larva from Pikmin.
@Max-fx4ju 18 күн бұрын
Thanks for existing Canada
@AlmostEthical 18 күн бұрын
People think these bugs are scary. The bugs find us humans to be waaay more scary, which is why they try so hard to avoid us.
@ma53jg 18 күн бұрын
I have no one to blame but myself for being too curious. Why are people holding & playing with some of them?! AHHHHHHHH!!!
@lp-xl9ld 18 күн бұрын
I saw an Imperial moth perched on a co-worker's car back around 1994. Nobody could believe it when I told them what it was.
@mojo3318 18 күн бұрын
Interesting!
@Labrigni 18 күн бұрын
I watched this just to find the tarantula hawk. I came across a few of these while living in New Mexico it was insane I had never seen anything like it. I was terrified to go outside
@nickmontoya3001 18 күн бұрын
Pokemon's next list of pokemon candidates
@dreamguardian8320 18 күн бұрын
If you think these bugs are big, you should see the bugs back in the prehistoric time. They had giant spiders, centipedes, even giant scorpions that could breath and live underwater. P.S. How can spiders, centipedes, and scorpions not be part of the insect family?
@martingargaro4855 18 күн бұрын
They are relatives. If WatchMojo wanted to be inclusive, they should’ve had this for all arthropods in general
@elizabethalvarado8698 18 күн бұрын
Because, technically, spiders and scorpions are arachnids, not insects.
@mr.eggsbert 18 күн бұрын
@elizabethalvarado8698 I'm Mike btw 😊
@janel.8921 18 күн бұрын
Insects have six legs and have three body sections: head, thorax, and abdomen. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
@elizabethalvarado8698 18 күн бұрын
@@janel.8921 No, no, you're correct.
@MistaPeanutt 18 күн бұрын
#19 Mothra
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 15 күн бұрын
Also, I can totally imagine people having wrestling matches between male Hercules beetles, can’t you?
@perrythomas6971 13 күн бұрын
In the Patriot with Mel Gibson. When his youngest daughter who wont speak to him at all finally cries out for him not to leave for a battle. Father of a Daughter and a Veteran. This always slays me
@lydofthecloud79 18 күн бұрын
Imagine a titan beetle flying towards you. I'd leave the planet
@BrandonKohout 18 күн бұрын
Those are some big-assed bugs.
@LoneTreeAdventures 3 күн бұрын
I’m so happy there are no spiders!
@SJHFoto 17 күн бұрын
The Hercules Beetle "fact" of lifting 850x their body weight is an urban legend. Think about it-that would mean that half a dozen of them can lift any human!
@roywilliams660 17 күн бұрын
Wow I never heard a BIGGEST Insects before.
@deathblade8107 18 күн бұрын
New fear unlocked
@msn64man1 18 күн бұрын
It’s bugging me out bugs bunny
@tylergoodman3560 18 күн бұрын
You never know what lurks within the forest. 🎉
@davinp 18 күн бұрын
I've heard of the Saber Tooth Tiger, but not a Saber Tooth Beetle. The Saber Tooth Tiger is long extinct
@Luvmydeuce 12 күн бұрын
Toe Biters, ugh. The first time I really saw one I had the sprinkler going in my garden. Sun had gone down and I went to go bring it in, and I see something moving around in a puddle. Damn thing made me jump. Turns out some species actually fly from body of water to body of water. Add that to the nightmare!
@Nook_Miis 18 күн бұрын
well then this fells like a check list to me, I've seen the giant Chinese mantis live and in person a few times and came across the toe biter dried out in a parking lot, I've seen the QAB, atlas moth and giant Asian hornet in a museum collection but the 15 are still out of reach for me, oh and 4 out of the five largest known spiders in the world are available in the pet trade here in Canada, the cheapest one is 15 $ before tax and shipping cost are added.
@Crynogar 17 күн бұрын
Yeah, I was just waiting for something like Theraposa Blondi or Pandinus Imperator. Seen the first, have the other. Those sizes can only be described as stupid-size :D Whereas the Blondi I can come with, but Heteropoda Maxima would even get me running at super sonic speeds. I really love animals especially more exotic ones ... but some are definitely even for me in the 'hell no' category :)
@kleine.5438 17 күн бұрын
I actually found, saw and took a picture of an imperial moth that was green but it got lost when my original laptop died😭😓
@JetBlack2024 18 күн бұрын
Giant We-Ta lol
@aubrey8673 18 күн бұрын
Dang you’d need a cast iron skillet to take out that cockroach 😅
@ShadyRK9 18 күн бұрын
Don't show Misty this. She'd freak out!
@starvoltnexus3139 18 күн бұрын
Exactly
@edenanimates1465 18 күн бұрын
But show Kinger this
@edenanimates1465 18 күн бұрын
But show Kinger this
@davidhileman8567 18 күн бұрын
As if my Orthopterophobia wasn't bad enough, Tropidacris Grasshoppers would probably be among my worst nightmares. Not really in the "traumatizing" sort of way. They're just so... unpredictable!
@sarahfields288 17 күн бұрын
All I can think is how loud the crunch would be if you stepped on some of these 😖
@jaredquinney204 17 күн бұрын
Interesting
@connorflaherty175 18 күн бұрын
Let us remember the giants insects and other arthropods in prehistoric times.
@maddestmike5791 18 күн бұрын
Never underestimate bugs.
@seantlewis376 18 күн бұрын
I am convinced to never visit tropical rain forests.
@StormDSxM 18 күн бұрын
Ngl, my lepidopterophobia went into overdrive when I saw the 4th and 3rd entries lol 😅
@mojo3318 18 күн бұрын
Holy! All these insects are big! I've interacted with a female praying mantis before. I already knew that a female eats a male. I like all the insects on this list. These are some amazing facts about them. I didn't know some cockroaches could burrow. Also, they've been around for millions of years. A cockroach is an amazing survivor. I've read an article about giant hornets. They have been found in the nick of time. There are some insects on this list I have never heard of.
@juandedioslanderos1353 18 күн бұрын
That moth would be a problem for any lamp
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 15 күн бұрын
I would love a walking stick as a pet, but only if it sounded like David Hyde Pierce. ☺️
@Jinnkris7 18 күн бұрын
I don’t care if it’s interesting that is nightmare fuel.
@SessionSakic 18 күн бұрын
I don't do Grasshoppers/Crickets/Locusts or Katydids, I hate them all and despised them as a child.
@EvilNecroid 18 күн бұрын
the titan beetle once killed 3 guys in a bar with a pencil
@bee_man84 18 күн бұрын
giant hawker (Tetracanthagyna plagiata. This watchmojo has not listed
@jtjt4736 17 күн бұрын
finaly a vid that use cm
@jtjt4736 17 күн бұрын
spoke too soon,not all parts have it
@erickherrera4179 17 күн бұрын
@8:41 you can see a bug getting high
@josephseda9455 18 күн бұрын
I am the only person in my family, that likes bugs. Rest of family are scared of them. But, I see them in backyard sometimes. Mostly I see friction ones in movies, but ones I see in the backyard are real. But I don’t keep any the bugs.
@kleine.5438 17 күн бұрын
I actually found, saw and took a picture of an imperial moth that was green but it got lost when my original laptop died
@daniellevicampscampins8334 18 күн бұрын
Imma save you a bit. Avoid central asia, humid parts of africa and the entirety of australia
@derithross8314 18 күн бұрын
Our cats would of had a feast on that giant grasshopper they ate the little ones in the yard and crickets.
@rndmpinkiepie64 18 күн бұрын
Am I the only one noticing a severe lack of insects from Australia?
@Hikikomori_Mimikyu_2003 17 күн бұрын
At least we aren't in dinosaur times, because with how large they were then, _they_ would be stepping on _us_ .
@roywilliams660 17 күн бұрын
Ok really afraid what a those Moths.
@denisebrownstone1751 17 күн бұрын
So impressive and beautiful. And I would pee myself if I saw some of these live
@FrenzyBot 18 күн бұрын
Most of the footage in the "toe-biter" section isn't of a Giant Water Bug.
@G1Grimlock94 18 күн бұрын
Just like Insecticons
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 15 күн бұрын
I love tarantulas and would defend them against their blood-thirsty foes! 🗡️ And then faint.
@derithross8314 18 күн бұрын
We have little stick bugs they move so slow i was lucky to see the one. And im 67.
@edenanimates1465 18 күн бұрын
An insect collection?
@RajaReign78 15 күн бұрын
I love bugs if they don’t sting or bite, watching this video; nope not a fan. 🤣🤦🏼♀️😳
@kanestadowns3379 17 күн бұрын
Sad that arthropleura died.
@ashleybrown4754 18 күн бұрын
I said Acanthacorydalis Fruhstorferi out loud and my furniture started levitating
@rottieshepcalibre9156 18 күн бұрын
No children for me then. I don’t fancy losing the use of my mouth 😅crazy bug world
@derithross8314 18 күн бұрын
I saw one once and thought what the hell is that and who sent that here. The first one.
@dancarrington7100 17 күн бұрын
This might sound ridiculous but I thought of cicadas while watching this even though they're nowhere close to anything on this list.
@NAFIS2004 18 күн бұрын
MY NEW FEAR UNLOCKED
@jojomations2596 18 күн бұрын
They dont stand a chance against my timbs
@HShango 18 күн бұрын
Bugs life
@Reaperguy67 18 күн бұрын
Yep. I literally watched that yesterday on Disney plus. It's been will over 10 years for me.
@mr.eggsbert 18 күн бұрын
My name is Mike
@MrsRogers831 18 күн бұрын
i hate bugs....why am i still watching this lol
@roywilliams660 17 күн бұрын
Dude you ever read Jungle Juice in Webtoons.
@SoliRhymesWithJulie 18 күн бұрын
The way I know so many of these insects thanks to Animal Crossing New Horizons...
@zachcrawford5 16 күн бұрын
Anyone else have the Hollow Knight soundtrack running in their head right now?
@Lightwalker716 17 күн бұрын
I'm going to have nightmares watching this video.😴