If you could remove any one insect species from Earth...

[Sam Warrior]

If you could remove any insect species from Earth... youd probably destroy whole ecosystems. oops. On the other hand if there were no negative effects yeah probably go with the OP and say wasps cuz at least spiders are useful.

 

[Davey Woo]

Wasps, I saw one fly into my pocket, so I turned my jacket inside out and reversed the pocket to flush him out, and didn't see anything, so I figured I must've just been seeing things.

30 minutes later I inadvertently put my hand in my pocket and the fucker stung me.

That's not just survival instinct, this attack was planned and co-ordinated, the wasp was just doing it 'for the lulz' how many other insects are so malicious that they like to hurt people for fun? I don't know of any!

 

[Scarim Coral]

Despite how much I fear the spiders but I know how important they are to the ecosystem (otherwise we would be crawling of insects). I going to pick the daddy longlegs since I'm pretty sure they got no real purpose on this planet unless someone does know what they suppose to do other than annoy us.

 

[Akytalusia]

That Cicada species that lives underground for 17 years and only lives above ground for a week. Seriously, they're a waste of life.

that is one seriously black hearted sentiment. i really wasn't expecting to see such a horrible statement. i was suprised. grats.

OT: i wouldn't go around actively genociding any insects, but i won't deny there's quite a few i wouldn't mourn should something untold happen to them. >.>

 

[MetalMagpie]

Sensible answer: mosquitoes

Selfish answer: houseflies

Seriously, I can't even sit in a room with one of those things.

 

[Rawne1980]

Spiders.

I hate them. I want them all purged with fire.

 

[lRookiel]

Not really an insect but fuck millipedes. I don't really care much about other insects. But millipedes/centipedes are so creepy with their dozens to hundreds of legs. Not to mention that most are poisonous. The day I see a millipede or a centipede out in the wild or out of a cage is the day I will scream like a little girl.

Spoiler: Imagine finding that in your house.

FUCKING HELL! KILL IT! KILL IT! EXTERMINATUS!

OT: Spiders must die.....

 

[Naeras]

If I could remove one insect species from earth, I wouldn't do it.

Why? Because it would fuck up at least one ecosystem beyond repair. A lot of birds, spiders and other insects would be directly affected, and especially in case of the birds you'd feel the ripples to other ecosystems as well.

But if I could remove one without consequences(which I can't, QQ), I'd annihilate the yellowjacket wasps. Fucking annoying pests.

Also, just because I'm a biologist and this ticks me off: SPIDERS ARE NOT INSECTS FFS >=[

 

[the random]

i agree with wasp's because they serve no purpose and annoy the hell out of me

 

[ThatPurpleGuy]

Bluebottles. I would've chosen mosquitos but they're almost useless against my near-immunity to malaria.

Bluebottles, though... they serve no real purpose. Their only goal is to annoy the fuck out of you and fail completely at grasping the concept of windows. If you didn't fly through it the first time what makes you think you will in the next seventeen times?

Not an insect.

No explanation or source?

"Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are insects in the Order Diptera, family Calliphoridae." -Wiki.

At least I didn't say spiders. I hate those things more.

Haha you want a source to prove a bluebottle is in fact not an insect?

I hope your kidding

Edit having re-read both posts. We are thinking of different types of bluebottle. I had never heard of a 'bluebottle fly'. Where I come from this is what bluebottles are..sorry don't know how to embed images

http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oGkmf3qGRPOAQAvQ4L5gt.?p=bluebottles&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=piv-web

They are found on beaches and have a string like thing attached to them that wraps around your ankle and when its body comes in contact with your skin, it stings (it really does)..Thats why I originally laughed at your reply for "source" because I couldn't fathom how anyone could think how one of these would be an insect...I don't know if they are unique to Australia but have any U.S or European people seen these.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Mosquitos, enough said. Though insects like roaches, bed bugs, mites, ect, I wouldn't ,mind doing away with...

 

[Kahunaburger]

Mosquitoes, man. Those things kill more humans every year than any other animal, probably including other humans.

 

[Stoic raptor]

Bed Bugs.

Sure, people complain about mosquitoes - but mosquitoes are easily taken care of with DEET and a few other repellents. Their life cycle is easily interrupted with other mosquitoes that don't harm humans, fish, putting oil on the still water, etc. etc. etc.

Bed Bugs, on the other hand, are hearty bastards that survived every pesticide humans could devise and feed exclusively off of you while you sleep. They breed quickly, they hide during the day, and the most effective way to remove them from your home is heating your ENTIRE home to 150 F for 6 hours (basically baking your house).

I've had roaches, mosquitoes don't bug me, spiders are usually friendly, but bed bugs were - by far - the worst experience I have ever had with the insect world. Worse than dysentery. I am not joking.

Got to agree with this. Bed bugs are just terrible.
I also hate silverfish. At least most insects know to run away from a big person, but they are too stupid to realize that.

 

[ejb626]

Definitely stinkbugs, most insects don't bother me. Even wasps I can just open the window and leave the room and they'll be gone. (Contrary to popular belief most flying bugs who enter your house would like to get out). But stinkbugs freak me out, the worst part is the fact that you can't squish them or they'll stink up the room. It also doesn't help the Northern Virginia and the DC Area where I'm located had an infestation of them a couple of months ago.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

There are very few things i have actual pure unbridled hatred for but Wasps are on that list. So assuming removing them wouldn't destroy the worlds ecosystem, i'd kill all of those fuckers and maybe preserve 1 of each sub species of wasp just incase we later find out that they're the key for a cure for cancer or something.

Although if you're actually talking about REMOVING them from history then yeah i'd probably still pick them but that could have some wierd consequences... imagine what evolution might produce as a replacement for that niche.

 

[Wintermoot]

you know those bugs that burrow under your skin?
yeah those.

 

[Biodeamon]

Mosquitos. They are as annoying as all living sin with their high pitched whining, make you itch for days and carry inummerable diseases. However luckily i've heard that scientist's are working on a "genophage" for mosquitos wich is all kinds of lovely.

 

[Launcelot111]

I'll let everyone else kill the mosquitos and horseflies. I'll be selfish and kill all the house centipedes. I don't know where these things come from, but they've been haunting my dreams my entire life

 

[OneCatch]

Which one would it be?

Spoiler: For me the answer is obvious.

Begone flying fiends!

What about you guys? What insect would you abort from history?

Definitely mosquitoes. They've horrible bastards, and they kill rather a lot of people [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-borne_disease] through disease transmission.