The 10 States with the Worst Insect Infestations

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Are you tired of constantly battling against annoying and pesky insects invading your home? Look no further! In this video, we explore the top 10 states with the worst insect infestations. From cockroaches to bed bugs, we cover it all. Join us on this journey to discover which states are plagued with the most insect pests and learn what you can do to protect yourself and your home. Our in-depth analysis covers the reasons behind the high rates of infestations in these states, the impact it has on the residents, and expert advice on how to keep these insects at bay. Don't let these tiny creatures drive you up the wall, watch this video to stay informed and stay bug-free!
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@jeremiahallyn4603 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe Texas didn't make this list for real. When I lived there I saw so many insects I'd never seen until living in Texas. Not to mention fire ants everywhere you look, Africanized bees and those kissing bugs.

@EXREPUBLICAN Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree...I live in Texas and have been invaded by scorpions for the past 8 years. Actually caught hundreds on sticky traps throughout my house...

@phonecoladycris5929 Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that there are flying cockroaches in Texas. Creepy!

@LCx829 Жыл бұрын

@@phonecoladycris5929 I’ve seen them in CA with wings. 🤮

@phonecoladycris5929 Жыл бұрын

@@LCx829 Eeek! I hope that I never see one.

@CrazyWeatherDude Жыл бұрын

@@phonecoladycris5929 those are everywhere here on the Gulf Coast. I’ll often throw them in banana spider webs for the spider.

@davidfowler8778 Жыл бұрын

Hey Briggs could you do an opposing video to this with the sates with the Least amount of insects please? Thanks for the good videos I enjoy learning about each state because I like to travel.

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

I can. We already researched it.

@ShermanMark1 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Nice!

@Roobah Жыл бұрын

We all know already that Arizona, Nevada and Alaska would win that list. I am always amazed at the lack of insects in Arizona deserts. One of the reasons it is so quiet there all the time.

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Жыл бұрын

Nope

@ursulakolb3760 Жыл бұрын

@@Roobah unless you have bed bugs. Then you most likely have to dynamite your place. No joke. My friend lived up in the White Mountains and had bed bugs. He moved to Tucson and somehow they joined him. I have personally dealt with bed bugs for 3 damn years! You don't know how much money I have sunk into killing the mother fuckers. Commercial dryers, heat guns, insecticides, moving 4 times....

@AslanKyoya1776 Жыл бұрын

OK, how is California on this list but not Texas? I've lived in both, Texas is worse for bugs!!

@jasonrandom372 Жыл бұрын

California surprised me. I thought for sure Texas would make the list.

@aaronkidd9450 Жыл бұрын

East Texas alone a insect sanctuary,the gulf coast,south texas??

@AslanKyoya1776 Жыл бұрын

@Aaron Kidd I lived in Houston and my family is from Beaumont so yes can confirm that's true

@billdunkelberger6647 Жыл бұрын

CA is infested with bed bugs. All the homeless.

@Pushing_Pixels Жыл бұрын

I think he just wanted to throw in somewhere that wasn't The South, which is basically the rest of the list.

@gurkagurkadurka6688 Жыл бұрын

If you don't like bugs, do NOT move to the south. It's crazy down here. I moved to North Carolina and I have seen things, man. Like moths the size of hummingbirds. Spiders the size of beetles just posting up around my front door. Southern yellow jackets! And the fire ants, bro.

@thomasgrabkowski8283 Жыл бұрын

Bugs love hot, humid places

@thedevilandhertrumpets4268 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I came here from the west coast and have concluded that the insects here never left the Jurassic period. It’s not enjoyable.

@seameology Жыл бұрын

I briefly lived there. I'm back in Minnesota. At least we don't deal with bugs six month out of the year. Heck, even the bears hibernate.

@pyrovania Жыл бұрын

We have the gigantic moths (sphynx moths) in California too. The caterpillars of those moths eat tomato plants. Must need a warm climate, and tomato or tobacco plants.

@adriannieves1495 Жыл бұрын

I live in Tyler Texas, in Northeast Texas; and honestly I could deal with most bugs including spiders. I’ll still Be careful around black widows and scorpions though; even still I could deal with scorpions more. The freakin roaches are the bastards I can’t stand; crawling in dirty water or trash, bunch of disease ridden pests. I’d literally rather deal with mosquitoes. Cause I’m originally from Chicago, and we had mosquitoes and it was easier to deal with still, even here in East Texas; but the roaches especially from April to early September, nasty bastards; and unfortunately if the temperature gets past 100 degrees or it’s past 70% humidity and warmer than 95 degrees, they’ll FLY. 😳 yeah Roaches are the ultimate NO for me, over any other insect, even fire ants don’t bug me as much.

@jrod112278 Жыл бұрын

8/10 of these states were not a surprise. I'm surprised, however, that Texas or Georgia wasn't on here.

@skunktotem8785 Жыл бұрын

I’m reminded of an anecdote that my late partner told me about an autumn trip through Georgia during which the traveling group stopped at dusk for a picnic. She (partner) thought that there were an awful lot of leaves rustling on the ground, but they were cockroaches! She was not kidding me when she said she wished she had taken her shotgun with her!

@bonnieparker9584 Жыл бұрын

Texas has lots of insects in the wetter regions, ie the gulf coast and eastern big thicket area but west Texas has very few insects because of the dryness and colder weather, the panhandle is part of the Great Plains and gets very cold in winter and the arid far western area is too dry, so no termites or fleas, very few mosquitoes or roaches and no heart worm issues. Basically you could do a video like this just on Texas.

@mikedaleiden7725 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think we can safely lump in SE TExas w/ Lousiana and S. Georgia w/ Florida. FL insects just keep getting worse the farther south you go....

@thesamuraihobbit Жыл бұрын

I have a phobia of roaches. I know they can't harm me directly, but I just hate how they move so fast and how big they can get. It's also the fact that they are attracted to filth and decay. Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector, once said that when she was living in North Korea, she had to eat insects, and once caught a roach. Her mother refused to let her eat it because they're such filthy bugs and carry dangerous microorganisms.

@brenda5511 Жыл бұрын

For me it’s grasshoppers - they creep me out!

@lovenothate Жыл бұрын

I hate to break it to you...but sadly you are wrong that roaches can't hurt you directly. Roaches do bite and tose bites can get infected. Plus if a roach infestation is really bad, they can end up in your...orifices...a roach in your ear cna do some serious damage to your ear canal and then it dies in there....I won't describe how horrid that can be. I know this because I stayed in a roach motel once and ended up with one in my ear....temporary hearing loss for a number of months and I got the heck out of there.

@kenthompson5723 Жыл бұрын

A lot of insects are actually harmless. But all insects seem to have bad public relations. Spiders and snakes also have bad PR.

@TheCharleseye Жыл бұрын

@@kenthompson5723 Snakes are better pets than cats. The cat lobby and big kitty litter conspired to make the public fear the noble snake.

@annmcneal7804 Жыл бұрын

A spider won’t even eat a roach( roaches emit a stench- that spiders would never touch)--🤢

@grant2707 Жыл бұрын

the entire southern region should be included for love bugs. it's insane

@Abbybabby29 Жыл бұрын

I’m in CA we were in FL when the love bugs were breeding. It’s insane the amount flying around!

@chrisnemec5644 Жыл бұрын

I must say I'm surprised Texas was not on the list, I'm guessing it was number 11. We have almost every one of those insects you've mentioned in there: black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, mosquitos, chiggers, bedbugs, cockroaches and more.

@jeannerogers7085 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have heard many horror stories about Texastan bugs. A workmate had had roaches in her CAR living there.

@M.Campbell Жыл бұрын

Really surprised that Texas didn't make the list. They have about 80 different kinds on mosquitoes. Seriously. Plus every other insect that was mentioned.

@SeanOzz Жыл бұрын

Houston is all ten of these combined.

@cindyleehaddock3551 Жыл бұрын

Fire Ants are seriously bad in Texas. Right now we are making the news because we are being swarmed by mosquito hawks. Harmless at least.

@GSM92 Жыл бұрын

I thought for sure tecas would at least be number 3

@kenthompson5723 Жыл бұрын

A lot of Texas is desert which has relatively few insects. Only the Gulf Coast and Piney Woods of East Texas (next to Louisiana) have hoards of insects.

@steveharris9861 Жыл бұрын

Where is Texas - fire ants, mosquitos, termites, etc 🤣

@pamgodsoe9076 Жыл бұрын

My first few years in California, never saw a bug. During covid, the government stopped spraying, started seeing bugs. I did see cockroaches but they were smaller and slower than the ones in NYC

@badcornflakes6374 Жыл бұрын

New York has big roaches and rats on average

@matthewelisha8797 Жыл бұрын

cockroaches are the only bugs I really really hate. They are so disgusting.

@SAM-dm5qg Жыл бұрын

The Left And The Democrats Are The Worst. 🖤 😁

@pokemaster10001 Жыл бұрын

And bed bugs

@wisecoconut5 Жыл бұрын

Flies! Always landing on you...buzzing in your hair...pooping on everything they touch, including your face and food!

@scottd143 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Briggs, fun fact, the only statue to a bug is located in Enterprise, AL, dedicated to the Boll Weevil, because the destruction of cotton led to the planting of peanuts. Also I can't believe that CA still has Medfly's since they put the Ag inspection stations at the borders.

@DeactivatedCharcoal Жыл бұрын

Weevils are Beetles!

@RM-lk1so Жыл бұрын

Great point. Even the grey hound busses get stoped. At least a few years back. Crazy. See Hawaii. Crazy laws there. But greatly needed.

@thenugwhisperer Жыл бұрын

There are several mosquito statues here in Louisiana. There's even a pelican/mosquito hybrid statue in Lafayette called the "Pelosquito".

@racer72 Жыл бұрын

Lived in San Diego for a year and a half while in the Navy. Cockroaches were everywhere. They were even a problem on the ship I was assigned to.

@jeannerogers7085 Жыл бұрын

Housekeeping problems.

@storbokki371 Жыл бұрын

I was beginning to wonder if you were going to mention gnats. I've sucked up more gnats into my nose and throat than I care to remember. Gagging, spitting, and blowing through one nostril follows. They are constantly around your mouth and eyes trying to get at any moisture. I'm always glad when there is an early frost, and it wipes out gnats and mosquitoes for at least several days. lol

@JamminClemmons Жыл бұрын

- You're FIRED! Removed from the comments section for failing to reveal your geographic location. Imma gonna slappa yo' dummy arse.

@ralphware3706 Жыл бұрын

My dad was from Middle Georgia. When I lived there, he told me that if I ever got tired of the gnats flying around my face, I should just take off my pants.

@ThatsWhenItkickedin Жыл бұрын

You mentioned the Black Widow spider for California. Very true. My father was out of work for a month recuperating. Had to smash one I saw on my brother's back with a shovel. I told him to brace himself. Hundreds of them in our garage which no one EVER went into

@laurie7689 Жыл бұрын

I live in Alabama. I used to be a sub-carrier for the US Postal Service. Once a Summer I would have to report to my boss that I was unable to deliver mail to someone's mailbox because of it having become the nest for a Black Widow Spider. The US Postal Service wouldn't allow us to deliver to where it was hazardous. The Post Master for the Post Office would inform the owner of the box to remove the, umm, hazardous obstacle in order to resume mail delivery.

@lexipepsi8819 Жыл бұрын

I’m in Georgia and we have found 5 black widows In our garage. Hopefully they’re not coming into the house.

@RM-lk1so Жыл бұрын

Fk? I'm so sorry to hear about tragic encounters.

@hillbillyhippie597 Жыл бұрын

We have an old race horse ranch in California and it is infested with black widows

@Landis_Grant Жыл бұрын

In Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, I saw a Black Widow Spider inside my garage when it was -25 C outside!

@iffrancobr Жыл бұрын

A testimony from someone who lives in a tropical country (Brazil). Spiders here are as common as ants. Just today, there was a huge spider in my backyard that unfortunately I had to kill (I have small children). My aunt was bitten on the leg by a spider that was on her bed, I have been stung by a scorpion on the couch, and my son has been stung by a wasp. Not to mention the dozens of mosquitoes that transmit diseases (like Zika and Dengue) and the flies that land and lay eggs on food. Btw, very interesting video, Briggs. I really enjoy watching your videos. Cheers.

@davidtesler1198 Жыл бұрын

The one spider that concerns me about Brazil is that wandering spider

@MakerInMotion Жыл бұрын

Does Brazil have the botfly? I don't like those other bugs, but its the idea of one living under my skin that truly horrifies me. Its well worth being cold 5 months of the year for me to not have bugs hatching under my skin.

@McFwoupson Жыл бұрын

I'd much rather have lots of spiders instead of lots of ants. Ant infestations fucking suck.

@nancyfahey7518 Жыл бұрын

@@MakerInMotion bot fly in Florida. You see them growing on squirrels mainly. I didn't know they can get into humans.

@RM-lk1so Жыл бұрын

Well said. Nice to hear others comments from around the globe . Peace

@williamwells6468 Жыл бұрын

Briggs, you right about the bugs at Ft Benning. I thought the nats was going to carry me away one time. That stagnant water and humidity is perfect for them. Love the content. Keep it coming.

@lakenneth374 Жыл бұрын

True about Georgia nats, always getting in one's eyes:(

@ArmyProperty Жыл бұрын

Fort Benning is bad. Fort Stewart is another level altogether

@lebowskiunderachiever3591 Жыл бұрын

Camp Shelby M.S. , gotta say that was the worst time I ever spent in the field

@kathym6603 Жыл бұрын

You did satisfy my curiosity about "where the bugs live." I learned about bugs-in-the-South when I moved from NJ to NC. Somehow North Carolina missed getting on the list. I could identify at least 80% of the bugs you listed having found them on my property and in my house. Except I think you left off other insects found in NC: carpet beetles, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, jumping beetles, praying mantis, daddy longlegs, sugar ants, wasps, yellow jackets, carpenter bees, carpenter ants, fungus gnats, pine beetles, and caterpillars crawling across the carpet, and Asian Lady Beetles that congregate inside in the winter. I know mice don't count but can't help mentioning them. I keep kitchen-food garbage in the refrigerator until garbage day. Some of my favorite bug-fighting tools are the soles of my shoes, fly swatters, vacuum cleaners, paper towels, anything-you-can-grab, spray cleaner, boric acid and borax, glue traps, Chandrika - Sandal Soap, Orange Guard, Aunt Fannies All-Purpose Pest Remedy, and AMDRO for the fire ants.

@andrewalsoblack Жыл бұрын

I lived with so many spiders in Florida I didn't even bother to kill them most days. Every few months I would go through the house and clear them out, then their numbers would replenish over time. I do not have arachnophobia, lol

@Sly88Frye Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you pointed out the difference between insects and spiders. I don't know what it is but it feels like I've noticed nowadays that people don't make that distinction anymore. I've always known since grade school that insects are the bugs that have six legs. And as you stated spiders are arachnids.

@WizardToby Жыл бұрын

yeah spiders have 8 legs so they are not insects.

@randybaumery5090 Жыл бұрын

So many coming out of high school cannot even read, write or fo math

@archangele1 Жыл бұрын

Ticks are also arachnids and Florida is full of them.

@bernie2231 Жыл бұрын

Ticks are also arachnids.

@bobbun9630 Жыл бұрын

@@bernie2231 And chiggers, also mentioned.

@bracebrooks967 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, unique video! The larger amount of insects in the southern states are the #1 reason why I'm thankful I don't live in a southern state. I've got my own breif story to share by the way. I remember this like yesterday, but back in the year 2000 when I was 11, me and my family were in an Arkansas hotel. That was the worst hotel experience of my life. Thousands of moth in the night swarmed the parking lot due to the street lights being on, and the inside of our hotel room was full of insects. Thankfully I didn't feel one crawling on me while I was in bed. As a result, 23 years later, I haven't been back to Arkansas ever since.

@RayNomadic Жыл бұрын

I don't have a phobia of spiders. It's not like I get so scared I can't move or anything. I just scream like a woman and swat it off me. Probably rip off all my clothes, stomp on them while screaming. Can't be too careful you know. Need to keep those spiders in their place. 🤪

@LMills259 Жыл бұрын

Well that's just normal and healthy.

@mikekarlin3320 Жыл бұрын

Right there with you on the spiders

@mikedaleiden7725 Жыл бұрын

That does explain the huge number of pest control companies in FL. Its those late night, huge flying water beetle things w/ giant pinchers in Central & S. FL that really freak me out. I've had a spider so large on my shoulder that I could feel the weight of each of its footsteps through my shirt. I've hit a flying insect so large with my car mirror, that I had to turn around and go home and shower and change clothes& wash all the yellow bug guts off the whole left side of my car. Florida has lots of lizards that eat insects, but some of the insects are way larger than the lizards. Yeah, thats FL.

@RM-lk1so Жыл бұрын

🤔😎💯 Mosquitos like small jets. LMAO. Lived in Orlando for years. 89-96. I hear that.

@jordanscherr6699 Жыл бұрын

Copy that! Hey, now I know!

@MoiraWillenov Жыл бұрын

I agree with this.

@denismcmahon6594 Жыл бұрын

Hi Briggs. If it wasn't for the crappy weather, winter would be my favorite time of the year. You don't have to deal with mosquitos, flies, ticks or ants (spiders are year round but they're mostly friendly). Thanks for the video and have a great weekend.

@Mrs.TJTaylor Жыл бұрын

Or snakes.

@bertblue9683 Жыл бұрын

It's the biggest reason why winter is my favorite season.

@markcantemail8018 Жыл бұрын

Denis I had a Tick embed while Deer Hunting December 15th or 16th in Western ,N Y state . I love the Winter but that Tick really pissed me off . I was Mildly Hypothermic that Day ?

@sammyjr6989 Жыл бұрын

I love the cold but I also love winter for this reason

@stevenjohnson8736 Жыл бұрын

after i farted too damn much my fat ass gotta take a SHIT now 😃

@LiquidSkyMetalworks Жыл бұрын

I can NOT believe Minnesota (especially up north) isn't on the list.. The amount of insects, spiders, and other bugs here is insane. You can hardly take a breath outside on one of the many 90° and 100% humidity days without sucking in some kind of creature, haha! Especially, when the trillions of Mayflies hatch, or the tent caterpillars (army worms) have one of their cycle years.. Ooof..

@Botoburst Жыл бұрын

You don't have to put up with them 6 months out of the year. Although while cross country skiing I've seen snow fleas hopping around, they look like flecks of pepper jumping around on the snow.

@LiquidSkyMetalworks Жыл бұрын

We deal with some year round. When fall comes, they try to escape the cold by finding any way they can to get into the house, or any warm area. Then you'll find random bugs roaming around inside throughout winter, lol..

@billhicks808 Жыл бұрын

The mosquito numbers alone should get us in there.

@mikedaleiden7725 Жыл бұрын

I've experienced MN mosquitos around the boundary waters. They were awful. After living in FL now those mosquitos don't seem so bad anymore. There are soooo many species and way too many large species of insects and arachnids. Then there are the things that come out at night here..... Palmetto bugs Yuck! ...and massive flying beetles with pinchers that look like ear wigs on steroids. So many flying beetles that are too big for all the lizards to eat.

@gargeluy3035 Жыл бұрын

Yea till that 3 month period is over then they mostly hide/die off cause it's entirely too cold lol unlike most states on the list

@Thebeetleguy Жыл бұрын

There are some VERY bad insects out there, but you can't understate the importance of insects and other arthropods in the ecosystem. The VAST majority of insects are completely harmless and non-pestiferous, yet they still get a bad rap. It is astounding to me the amount of mis-information and misconceptions surround such a common animal. What people need is more education about these sorts of animals, even if it's just to live a more comfortable life in this world. Great video! I love the information!

@phonecoladycris5929 Жыл бұрын

Hi Briggs, Great topic. For me insects could be be a big factor when deciding if to relocate to another State. I’m in California & we have new invasive Aedes mosquito. It’s tiny & out during the day. In other countries carries yellow fever, dengue, & Zika. Looks like it’s here to stay.

@evadoubleu Жыл бұрын

Some of the bugs you missed for Florida, are noseeums which feel like tiny shark bites, and Florida Palmetto bug. Palmetto bugs (1.5 - 3 inches) while not being dangerous are terrifying. Turn on a light in the middle of the night and they will fly right at you. They are downright hard to kill, too. Ask any Native Floridian and that one is the #1 bug they mention. We also have Sea Lice, while not a true bug, acts like one and can make a trip to the beach miserable.

@jbjacobs9514 Жыл бұрын

A friend had a poll which would you rather have to live with: demons or cockroaches. Every one on the list preferred to live with demons. I mean, palmettos (I call them Mr. Mettos) should be incinerated and obliterated. I actually moved because I saw them. In Florida and eastern NC, you cannot get away from them. EVIL TO THE CORE!

@marionpeebles3836 Жыл бұрын

Yeah palmetto bugs they are not cool. Remember seeing it in the sink and screaming. And everyone was like oh that’s just a palmetto that I said you can give it a cute name that’s an overgrown cockroach because it doesn’t freeze down here and kill them! It took up the whole sink!

@RM-lk1so Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Absolutely. "No-see-ums" (Probably a slang word/s) I agree. I started my carpenter career in Florida. Orlando to be specific. In the early morning they were FKN HORRIBLE. Our ankles were tore up by them. Only lasted for about and hour or lil more. Till the sun got further up and the heat rose Oh man. And the LOve bugs. Fkn Nasty. I had to go get baby netting a few times to work. They would get into all my head orfficeses (?). Florida was freaking great for a young man in his 20s. The beaches. The bars and clubs The sun. The females. But.... The bugs fkn sucked Pros and Cons for all.

@PlzStealMyFuckinName Жыл бұрын

Worst noseeums I've ever seen were Georgia though, "Palmetto bug" is just a polite way of saying american cockroach. They suck, and a flying roach is like horror movie stuff LoL

@bellaapple2166 Жыл бұрын

@@marionpeebles3836 Are these bugs only in certain parts of FL? I used to visit Miami's often many years ago for work. I would stay at the fountainblue hotel mostly. I didn't see any bugs or anything crazy. I even wanted to move down to Miami at one point.

@myeventfullife2019 Жыл бұрын

Great video Briggs and very informative... this one has me swatting and scratching my arms and legs even though nothing is on me... But I love your work keep them coming

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

LOL Thanks

@myeventfullife2019 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs you're welcome lol

@enigmawyoming5201 Жыл бұрын

Briggs is so cool! Thanks for your information and HUMOR!!!

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TheBuffaloFlats Жыл бұрын

I’m from Missouri and I loved hearing the cicadas. They were very calming to me. The mosquitoes are annoying, and I always thought the kissing bug was a stink bug

@lindakrause4597 Жыл бұрын

I'm from NJ and I agree about the cicadas, I think they are very cool and grew up with the wonderful summer sound of cicadas humming.

@dr_pollywog Жыл бұрын

Y'all ever pick the carcasses off the trees and stick them on your siblings? Lmao good times for jump scares.

@josephgillispie6365 Жыл бұрын

Hey Briggs! Surprised Minnesota and South Dakota were not on this list…in eastern South Dakota the mosquitoes are so bad, the towns hire teens to do nightly spraying and spray the entire town with mosquito killer. Once it got so bad, they hired an industrial crop duster to drop mosquito killer on the town (which failed completely because of the wind which was not factored in). In the summer, I could not leave my house without getting bit at least once. They also have cicadas, cicada killer wasps, ticks, prairie bugs, boxelder bugs, termites, ants, and black widow and recluse spiders, which all cause problems. Grasshoppers also affect crops from time to time. I haven’t lived in Minnesota but I’ve heard they have all of these and are worse. Thank goodness I’ve since moved from the plains.

@willtwain1383 Жыл бұрын

MN has intolerable levels of mosquitos, wood ticks and biting flies (impressive variety). If not for unbearable winters killing the bugs for half the year, MN would have to make the list.

@toughbutsweet1 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised no upper Midwest states made the list due to mosquitos. I have also heard there are swarms of m mosquitos for parts of the year in Alaska that make people miserable.

@willtwain1383 Жыл бұрын

@@toughbutsweet1 I lived in MN. Never will I go back. The bugs are life altering. Wood ticks and horse flies do not get a lot of attention but are crippling most of spring and summer.

@naiman4535 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Briggs - your imagination and inventiveness know no bounds when it comes to coming up with new videos! You've really outdone yourself with this one here! Of course, I was right in that most of the states with serious insect infestations were the southern states - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out! California and Missouri were the only states on this list, it seems that were not southern states. Did I tell you that, as I was hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains near Altadena, California late one afternoon, I saw a real live Tarantula go down into its hole? Just thought I would share that with you.

@ndogg20 Жыл бұрын

One thing about the arid atmosphere in parts of southern California is the lack of mosquitoes. Moved to the San Fernando Valley from the east coast where the mosquitos eat you alive. Went years without one bite till I visited a lake up north and wondered how I ever used to put up with it.

@OldJoeBlows Жыл бұрын

I just think everyone is different. I’ve lived in the SFV for all my 50 years and have been bitten up like crazy every summer. As a kid it was horrible, even camping at the beach. My mom, never gets bit by them. She gets bit by fleas. I don’t. Weird.

@dennisw.truman3325 Жыл бұрын

North Idaho is too cold for snakes but they have big things that can eat you like grizzlies, cougars, wolves or trample you to death like Elk and maybe Moose. LOL

@Deb_BG Жыл бұрын

I'd rather deal with ALL of your beautiful wildlife than roaches or giant flying beetles.

@philipketchum1407 Жыл бұрын

I moved from Michigan to Georgia. In Michigan the bug season is short because it’s a cold miserable state. But in the summer the bugs are far worse than Georgia or California. And in the northern portions of Michigan the black flies are the worst thing I’ve ever dealt with. They are fast, relentless and they bite hard.

@57WillysCJ Жыл бұрын

Got that right. Blackflies leave a worse welt than a mosquito and it last much much longer. There are as many blackflies as mosquitoes and ticks. They are all after you at once. They drive large animals in to deep water for a little relief.

@AC-qx7eg Жыл бұрын

horse flies have it out for me in michigan

@cisium1184 Жыл бұрын

Yah. I've lived in several of these states for at least several months, plus Georgia which is mentioned in passing. I've never encountered even a fraction of the bug problems I had growing up in Maine and New Hampshire. And I have been told that "no state in the Lower 48 holds a candle to Alaska for bugs." My guess is that half the hard data on bugs is really _agricultural production data,_ with the other half being epidemiological. Meaning, northern agricultural states like Michigan will be ranked below southern agricultural states, while small states with less agriculture like Maine and New Hampshire get off scot-free because nobody keeps statistics on how many black flies the average Mainiac swallows in a season.

@ArmyProperty Жыл бұрын

It’s true. You spend 8 months cooped up inside, waiting for the winter to end. Then it finally warms up, and you can’t go outside because the skeeters will bleed you dry.

@basedhuman6520 Жыл бұрын

I love it here in Michigan but as a UP native it's the black flies, midges, and fish flies that get me

@LMills259 Жыл бұрын

We in Vermont, as well as brethren in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, have been dissed, and dissed severely. Does Briggs know nothing of black flies, deer flies, and horseflies? And of course, the ticks that always accompany them? Shame, SHAME I say. You have wounded our Northern insect-misery pride.

@livinginthepines Жыл бұрын

I live in Northern MN. The deer flies & horseflies are only in the deep woods and just for a few weeks. I've never had a problem in my yard and I'm on 5 acres. And the ticks are only really bad in spring. I lay in the grass for hours with no problems during the summer months. Might pick off a tick or two. I also have free range chickens in my yard that eat the ticks. We have it easy up here in the summer. Pay for it during winter though lol.

@Chris_at_Home Жыл бұрын

I spent quite a bit of time in NE Vt in my teens in the 1960s and the mosquitoes and deer flys were bad in the woods.

@ggjr61 Жыл бұрын

MN is one of the biggest states for Lyme disease which is spread by the deer tick.

@Chris_at_Home Жыл бұрын

@@ggjr61 I haven’t seen a tick here in Alaska yet. I used to hike many parks along the Ct coast from 1975-1978 and even encountered ticks I had to remove. I’m glad I didn’t get Lyme Disease.

@MrSkyydude Жыл бұрын

One night, I was walking down a neighborhood sidewalk in Burbank, CA and I suddenly walked into a huge swarm of cockroaches. I never had a big fear of bugs, but I ran away and wouldn’t stop cringing for 20 minutes. They must of been thousands. Never seen it before or since, but I’ll never forget it.

@badcornflakes6374 Жыл бұрын

I've seen that, those are the bigger American cockroaches, and not uncommon. They're not the kinds that poop everywhere in your house and leave it like a biohazard though, those are like ants pretty much, ones you saw.

@mikenixon2401 Жыл бұрын

Very good job, Briggs.

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

@christianoliver3572 Жыл бұрын

This really surprised me that Texas wasn't in the top 10. Was it #11??

@andyjay729 Жыл бұрын

As you pointed out in talking about Mississippi, some Southerners regarded the boll weevil as a blessing in disguise in encouraging greater variety of crops and adoption of better farming practices. There's actually a statue of a boll weevil in Enterprise, Alabama.

@katelynlanni9918 Жыл бұрын

I got married in 2019 in Arkansas. We literally had to edit the grasshoppers out of my dress from wedding photos. Good video!

@magdastar2249 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informative video. California was a surprise to me. Never saw these bugs in all the years there. 🙏👍

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@garythatcher90 Жыл бұрын

As someone who was raised in Alabama, we used to call the mosquito Alabama's national bird.

@parkerbrown-nesbit1747 Жыл бұрын

South Carolina, too.

@garythatcher90 Жыл бұрын

@@parkerbrown-nesbit1747 yes I live in south Carolina now too

@Chris-dp2jj Жыл бұрын

As someone from Louisiana, the bugs that annoy me the most are flies (horse, deer, house), gnats, mosquitoes, and love bugs. I hate them all equally for different reasons lol.

@davidnorman4786 Жыл бұрын

I go back and forth between Louisiana and Massachusetts a lot. I find the mosquitos much worse up there in the summer. Why? Because in any populated area of Louisiana, they spray for mosquitos. You know... subtropical = malaria. Now if you go out in the swamp, that's a different story. We used to have an alligator problem, but the mosquitos carried them all away.

@kathleenmilligan2944 Жыл бұрын

Great video. This is information I need before fleeing California. But I had to cover the screen so I wouldn't see the bugs.

@Deb_BG Жыл бұрын

Same, I covered the screen.

@ladweeb1798 Жыл бұрын

Me too! 😂

@markpeterson6279 Жыл бұрын

My brother lives in Oklahoma and was bitten by a brown recluse spider. He lost a chunk of tissue out of his leg. Don’t mess with the brown recluse!

@remyw.4959 Жыл бұрын

They just look like regular spiders, too. Nasty bites

@diodelvino3048 Жыл бұрын

Damn, how long did he take to treat it?? Usually it wont be too bad if you get it treated right away

@Thebeetleguy Жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity, was the bite necrotic? Most spider bites (especially brown recluse bites) are misdiagnosed by doctors and are actually something else.

@markpeterson6279 Жыл бұрын

Definitely necrotic and he killed the spider, so there was proof.

@brenda5511 Жыл бұрын

I love your reference to Gary Larson’s Far Side fear of being chased by wolves around the table in socks!!

@barackmycat9448 Жыл бұрын

This sounds pretty accurate. Glad I`m in NH.

@douglashawkins4402 Жыл бұрын

The coast of California I found to have almost zero bugs. I could eat outside all the time with no issues, so I'm not sure how accurate this video is. I guess it depends on what area you live in.

@ladweeb1798 Жыл бұрын

I live in Southern CA, I’ve seen various but believe it could be worse. I HATE BUGS!

@danielleal1037 Жыл бұрын

On avoiding mosquito bites, eating keto since early 2018 has made me 100% unappetizing to them, and I’ve also found an article from the British Telegraph about how bug-repellent manufacturers have been looking into ketones as a substitute for the nasty chemicals used for making their products.

@jasonroberts9357 Жыл бұрын

It's true! I can smell you from here. J/K Interesting comment, thanks for sharing!

@beershits9340 Жыл бұрын

I had a buddy who was an alcoholic real bad mosquitos used to just die if he let them bite him long enough lol

@jasonroberts9357 Жыл бұрын

@@beershits9340 Crazy! Hopefully he's doing better nowadays.

@beershits9340 Жыл бұрын

@@jasonroberts9357 nah he's dead now baw was goin too hard with it

@jasonroberts9357 Жыл бұрын

@@beershits9340 Dang. Sorry to hear that. RIP.

@guugledelap6199 Жыл бұрын

Your good deeds make Texas proud. Keep up the good work fellow Texan.

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@cleokey Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks. I remember the mosquitos on the family farm in Minnesota

@threepointservices-tractor4832 Жыл бұрын

Not afraid of spiders, until you walk into a huge web, in the dark.

@donnaburkett7854 2 ай бұрын

Check out Australia mate

@TheRm65 Жыл бұрын

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't hear you mention palmetto bugs in Florida. They're a real nuisance. Also, let me add another phobia to your list: angoraphobia (the fear of fuzzy sweaters).

@vt-yp7yq Жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert!! Ugh.

@mikedaleiden7725 Жыл бұрын

Yes! and equally horrifying to their size was learning that some of them can fly!

@itzamia Жыл бұрын

I remember my teacher in elementary school saying "only insects have 6 legs. So don't call a spider an insect." And that's how I remembered that.

@catlover34fl Жыл бұрын

Living in central Florida, I woke up one morning at about 4 a.m. with a Florida cockroach (Palmetto Bug) crawling on my arm. They are huge and love warm moist places so do not sleep with your mouth open. I kid you not! There are also some big scary spiders in Florida.

@jekku4688 Жыл бұрын

Several years ago, I remember a black cricket infestation here in the Dallas area. They were flippin EVERYWHERE. Thankfully they were harmless but they had a habit of communing around exterior doorframes, so trying to get into buildings was challenging. **shudder**

@niceguy6837 Жыл бұрын

They would go crazy in the whataburger drive through when I worked there, the would fly in the cars and into our building

@mjpottertx Жыл бұрын

Mostly warm, humid states. No surprise.

@SquirtleHK Жыл бұрын

Thank you for addressing CHIGGERS!!! I'm in Kansas City Missouri and they are our #1 problem here! They own my beautiful yard right now, family avoids touching the lawn! Our lightning bugs(fireflies) are the BEST though💖

@undrwrldsk8fred Жыл бұрын

I’m from Virginia, and I just knew it would make the list. The bugs here are unreal

@gaillewis5472 Жыл бұрын

Oh, the fleas in southern California! I found out the hard way that their fleas carry worms. Treating my cats was swiftly effective but horrifying. A flea bath resulted in worm infestation and thankfully, one call to the veterinarian and a single pill per cat cleared it up. Never before or since have I had to flea bomb the house. Simply opening the window (screen in place) had the place overrun. So glad to be back east again.

@foxywhitetip7387 Ай бұрын

Try diatomaceous earth

@virginiamoss7045 Жыл бұрын

We always called that grasshopper in Florida a Georgia thumper. My horticultural grandmother hated them passionately, so much so that she grew her right thumbnail very long and blunt-cut so that she could catch them, hold them just right to slice their heads off and throw the body on the ground. She dispatched probably thousands in her lifetime.

@michaelmelling9333 Жыл бұрын

In the summertime, Michigan's biting bugs would be pretty tough to beat; they're just awful!😢

@MrDan708 Жыл бұрын

Not surprised to see FL at #1. While living with my folks down there, we had to fumigate the house to eliminate termites and palmetto bugs (cockroaches on steroids) are also a problem.

@mlhbrx96 Жыл бұрын

California also has giant water bugs, scorpions (not only in the desert), and tarantulas.

@gideonpence415 Жыл бұрын

You are correct take it from me im a bug guy of 25 yrs and we also have wind scorpions aka Camel spiders here in northern California in red clay dirt areas same place scorpions gang out

@mlhbrx96 Жыл бұрын

@Gideon Pence ironic name, as those arachnids are neither a scorpion, nor a spider.

@gideonpence415 Жыл бұрын

@@mlhbrx96 and you are correct again lol funny how that works out

@mlhbrx96 Жыл бұрын

@@gideonpence415 😁

@HellsGate80 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video 👍

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@onrycodger Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's Heavy stuff brother! 👍

@SarahWolkowitz Жыл бұрын

My boyfriend and I are from Illinois. Over the summer, we went to my friend’s wedding in Arkansas. We packed like we would in Illinois and it was a mistake. My friend said, “Why do you think we wear jeans and cowboy boots down here?” Never have I understood that logic more. When we got home, my boyfriend and I were completely bitten up and itchy. It was horrific. Also, we were so annoyed by how we always felt some form of bug on us. It made us realize that we will never move south no matter how much my friend begs me.

@bigcahuna42366 Жыл бұрын

On a side note, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland, and southern New York was infested with swarms of lantern flies in the later part of last summer. If the summer conditions are favorable for these bugs, these areas could have an annoying and very miserable August and September. They look like colorful moths with their wings spread out, but they are like terrorists to various types of vegetation, especially fruit such as grapes.

@MyBeautifulHealth Жыл бұрын

Make sure you kill them!

@boxlid214 Жыл бұрын

Georgia has a TON of flying cockroaches too, at least in the southern half of the state

@Kinglioncrown Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this

@handimanjay6642 Жыл бұрын

I was in my 40’s when I first encountered chiggers in mid Missouri. We had moved there from Florida. At our first meal out at a popular drive-in restaurant a 3” rhino beetle crash landed on the table next to us. “Well I guess Missouri has bugs worse than palmetto bugs.” It was a cicada year and I was clearing brush behind the house. My ankles and belt line began to itch. My wife a native Missourian said, “Oh I see you’ve met our chiggers.” Gold bond powder and cream was a great relief. GB cream also works on seed ticks. I live in SoCal now and encounter black and brown widow spiders all the time.

@sounddude177 Жыл бұрын

We get some fun ones in Arizona. Scorpions and tarantulas (both arachnids). Palo Verde beetles (huge!) Bark beetles that devestate the pine forests.

@mlhbrx96 Жыл бұрын

Tarantula hawks. Scary AF!

@Lululila67 Жыл бұрын

99% africanized bees in AZ also.

@musicman102357 Жыл бұрын

There were no Asian giant hornets in South Carolina they were found in Washington State. South Carolina has Giant cicada killing wasps which can be mistaken for an Asian hornet because they are really big. Those wasps are all over the United States including Northeast. As crazy as this sounds when I was a kid we used to try to catch them when they were feeding on apples in my neighbor's backyard. They look like giant yellow jackets.

@raylin2057 Жыл бұрын

I just knew you were going to mention the huge swarms of stinging caterpillars in Louisiana every sumer. Stinging caterpillars everywhere the ground, the house, hanging in football sized clumps from oak trees...waiting to fall on someone... it's really a huge problem

@caryrodda Жыл бұрын

Interesting video. How about one on states with the worst vermin (rats, mice, etc.) problems? I know they are everywhere, but surely some places are worse than others.

@NoamTheGOAT50 Жыл бұрын

That's easy, "Blue" states... LMFAO

@christopher27169 Жыл бұрын

Do a video about midwest insects please.

@DialloMoore503 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Oregon and that state has a lot of spiders. Must be due to all the moisture.

@sherrellbennett1333 Жыл бұрын

Growing up I spent every summer at the beach in California and eventually moved to Huntington Beach in my teens. The one thing I absolutely had a war with was sand fleas. They loved my blood apparently because they bit the heck out of me. They sometimes were so bad we could see them jumping in our carpet and would have to exterminate. Huntington Beach also had a horrible water roach problem in the downtown area. Not sure if these two bugs are still an issue there. I moved away decades ago.

@stevemoore9951 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the PPRC very interesting video today.🇺🇸🍿🐞

@matthewviramontes3131 Жыл бұрын

I know Utah didn't make the list for overall insects, but they definitely have tons of bees. And if you ever go to live in any desert in California, be prepared for the ants. Summer might as well be called ant season, because once it comes, so do the ants.

@JamJamJam3x3 Жыл бұрын

i'm from florida, and utah gas little to nothing compared to florida(i have visted Utah HUNDREDS of times throughout the year). It's also a lot colder there, so there's barely anything 🤷‍♀️

@ryanvandy1615 Жыл бұрын

Anyone living near Lake St Clair in Michigan knows about Fish Flies. Every early summer

@averyce2 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I thought, for sure TX would make the list. Our fire ants and mosquitoes are outta control!!

@jerrypeevey Жыл бұрын

I saw arachnophobia in action once. Girl I worked with was telling me about it one day.... next day I saw a spider on the wall behind her and she noticed me looking at something... I do wish she had not turned around to look.... I though she was having a seizure when she turned back.. no yelling no screaming just looked like she could not breath and other than slowly moving away she looked almost paralyzed. Oh and lots and lots of shaking and tears.

@btpuppy2 Жыл бұрын

I had asked you to do this video a couple of years ago, so thanks! Can you please do a follow up of states (including Hawaii) that have the FEWEST mosquitoes and ticks? I mention these because they are the biggest health threat since they inject you with a multitude of diseases. Thank you so much!

@markvetter4711 Жыл бұрын

Floridian checking in. We also have bad love bugs, giant flying cockroaches called palmetto bugs. Rhinoceros beetles, and Mediterranean fruit flys.

@joanwood9480 Жыл бұрын

Palmetto bugs got their name from their breeding in the palmetto palm. State tree of SC.

@ursulakolb3760 Жыл бұрын

Arizona has a problem with bedbugs too. Flies during the monsoons. Lots of arachnids, including scorpions. We also have the notorious tarantula wasp. In Alabama I was attacked by ants....black ants, not fire ants. They have kamakazi mosquitoes in NOLA.

@annhowcroft9493 Жыл бұрын

I remember visiting my cousin many years ago In Palos Verde CA and saw a scorpion on their kitchen floor.

@mikekarlin3320 Жыл бұрын

Love bugs are horrendous in Louisiana

@sandrapeller5322 Жыл бұрын

Florida has the same problem

@NOLAgenX Жыл бұрын

I was surprised that he singled Alabama out. The whole Gulf Coast has them as a huge problem twice a year.

@mikekarlin3320 Жыл бұрын

@@NOLAgenX when I lived there the 2 time a year they came out was the only 2 time I didn't ride my motorcycle

@NOLAgenX Жыл бұрын

@@mikekarlin3320 Not surprised!

@mikekarlin3320 Жыл бұрын

@@NOLAgenX and the hell spawn of Satan the vampire nats

@Primalxbeast Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that water bugs have a bad bite, but then, it never occurred to me to pick one up. The list for Florida was far shorter than I expected, but I guess you didn't want to make an hour long video.

@mikedaleiden7725 Жыл бұрын

Hah! Yep, FL bugs could be its own horror movie!

@dennisw.truman3325 Жыл бұрын

Good afternoon Briggs! Have a nice day!

@martinavaslovik3433 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, we got the gnats here in Florida for sure, and I found a way to get rid of them in my house, you get a bowl of hot water, add 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, one of sugar, and a few drops of dishwashing liquid, I use Dawn, stir well, and set it on the counter or wherever they are swarming, and they will end up in a growing pile at the bottom of the bowl. I works, and I had 2 bowls of this on my kitchen counter by the sink and collected thousands of them in those bowls. Also, disposing of all food waste in plastic bags, Publix shopping bags work well, keeps them from invading you kitchen.

@DavidGentry-WebDeveloper Жыл бұрын

I love how Briggs makes a very clear distinction between insects and spiders and then includes ticks in his run-down of what to avoid. He does realize that ticks are a member of the Arthropoda family and not insects, right? I mean the number of legs should have been a dead giveaway. Just something I felt needed pointing out due to his adamant disclaimer at the beginning of the video that these are all insect-related problems and not related to arthropods.

@CarbonylReductase Жыл бұрын

Mites are also arachnids as well

@jamescarter3196 Жыл бұрын

You do realize that getting this pedantic on KZfaq videos aimed at average people and not scientists is pretty dumb, right? You know how trying too hard to 'look smart' just makes you look stupid, right? Just something I felt needed pointing out, that it's laughably childish to cram 'arthropods' into your diatribe twice as though anybody would be impressed with it once.

@DoloresJNurss Жыл бұрын

You could cover all your bases by talking about arthropod problems. That would cover insects, spiders, scorpions and centipedes in one neat package. I also want to point out that North American kissing bugs don't carry chagas--that's South American. Kissing bugs are still horrible, since they're cockroach-sized bloodsuckers who drain enough to leave a bruise. They get their colorful name by their habit of walking on your ceiling at night till they smell your breath, and then dropping down on your face, often as not to bite you on the lip. Since they spit anaesthetic, you don't feel it enough to wake up until it's too late. I always thought "The Kissing Bugs" would make a great name for a punk band.

@DialloMoore503 Жыл бұрын

That bug sounds horrifying.

@susanneschmidtcruz7156 Жыл бұрын

You do the best videos Briggs. We have had problems with carpenter bees on LI. You know the kind that like to drill holes in your house and make tunnels so they can procreate. As for spiders they are amazing. Around late September they will start making webs. A couple of years in a row this one spider had made a web which I accidentally walked into not once but twice and the spider repaired it not once but twice. They are awesome builders and rival any construction site for the strength of their webs. It should be noted that I am not a lover of spiders but just admire them. Thanks for your research and hard work in educating us.

@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@1975KyleDavid Жыл бұрын

I'm an okie, and I had my fare share of chiggers in my youth, along with yellow jackets, bumblebees, and scorpions. It's amazing what all we get into during our youth.