Top 5 Strangest Insects That Will Blow Your Mind
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Here at MyWildBackyard we investigate the secrets of the natural world- secrets that can be hidden in our very own backyards! I want to share the incredible world of insects, spiders and other wildlife with you and inspire you to explore your curiosity. Get out there, and find your adventure!
For those who read the description- we've updated the channel! I'm working on adding more features to videos to better expand our conversations about the secrets we find in the natural world! Introducing the Creature Tier System! There are four rankings:
1. Staple - These are the lowest tier creatures. They are the most common species in a given habitat, and while they're not boring, they're really only exciting when you're exploring a new habitat and you haven't seen them before. Not something to write home about.
2. Neat - These are a step up from Staple. They don't make your entire day, but they are worth taking a closer look at when found. Definitely can be exciting to have a productive day finding many Neat species.
3. Wild - These are exciting to find. Whether they have interesting defensive features that offer a nice challenge in the field, are particularly cool looking, or maybe a little bit rare, Wild species aren't necessarily the MOST memorable of encounters, but they definitely make your day when you see them. An adventure featuring many Wild species will truly be memorable.
4. Gem - These are special. Usually involving extremely interesting biology and significant rarity, Gem species are animals that you really do not see every day. These species can make your whole adventure, and will be very memorable.
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Your confidence while reaching out and snatching up these critters literally makes my heart beat fast lmao. My jaw was on the floor the whole time that grasshopper was on screen. Totally unreal
Grats on 100k subs! You deserve many more for how excellent your content is!
Second that. Congrats on 100k!
It’s surreal! Coming to terms with it still. I’m still looking back to watching Markiplier’s 100k special as a kid and I’m like “woah. This is weird”
@@MyWildBackyardI didn’t start watching Mark till he was at like 8 million or something.
I’m honored to be here much earlier on for your journey! Really happy for you, sir.
That grasshopper almost looked as though it was made of a deep toned metal like bronze or something, almost making it look clockwork or something.
Wow Spencer that grasshopper was actually a beautiful insect. Some strange looking insects. Great video thank you so much for sharing your Ecuador adventure with us all and as always thank you for the education. Take care my friend and have a great day.
Next stop, Arizona! More international next year I hope though, maybe Southeast Asia?
@@MyWildBackyard that's awesome news. I am so happy for you. You have worked so hard to achieve what you have so far. Congratulations Spencer you are awesome my friend.
Dobson flies are crazy, but that grasshopper was next level. So robust and solid.
Congrats again, Spencer.
Knew I had to include that grasshopper in something. We shot a bunch of segments at the ranch in Ecuador but they didn't really come together as a cohesive video. Didn't want them all to go into the archive never to be seen again! As always, thanks so much man. I'll be sending out the shirts real soon, watch for an email! And 100,000 livestream tomorrow!
That was the coolest looking grasshopper I've ever seen. He didn't even look real. Look like an insanely detailed toy.@@MyWildBackyard
Some of the weirdest I can think of are right where I live (July fly, hellgrammite, wheel bug, lightning bug, mole crickets for 5 examples). Since I've lived with them most of my life, they don't actually seem weird to me but I know they would if I didn't live where they existed and now I was to suddenly come across them.
Lightning bug or firefly, seems not too odd to most but thing about it, a bug that can produce light like that and even many kids that grow up with them always seem fascinated. You covered the hellgrammite (they make good fish bait too) which I would never want to experience a pinch from. Those jaw are unbelievably powerful. A cricket that is like a mole still fascinates me and are still fun trying to keep in your hand as they try to dig out. July flies or cicadas may seem nothing special until you get a big one and grab it. Look like aliens and that noise while holding is wild. The vent looking structure where a mouth should be is neat looking and so are those bulging eyes. I love to find one to hold though they hate it. Wheel bugs or assassin bugs just look cool, that saw on the back and that spike for a mouth to slurp up dinner, just cool.
I was born in Arizona (everything was dry desert) so when I came to SC as a small child, any bug that moist or squishy bodied was truly weird and fascinating to me which made slugs my number one target to catch & play with. My aunt who had to clean my hands was not amused, at least not until I was older for a looking back and laugh at thing.
I love this comment! So interesting that slugs were your favorites. It’s like how scorpions and tarantulas are some of my favorites when I’m out west! Funny how that works out
That grasshopper was beautiful. Great content Spencer. Thank you for sharing.
This channel is so well produced and enjoyable that I actually think on Saturday afternoons that I have to watch the new one. Muchas gracias, Spencer.
Why thank you! Which ones do you look forward to the most?
@@MyWildBackyard ALL of them, but the Ecuador excursion and your sojourn in Louisiana were at the top of the list. Oh and your widow hunt in Florida was an eye opener. Your work changes the perspective of the viewer regarding the wildlife around us, if we're open to listening.
Caught this five minutes after upload! Eleven minutes well spent. I hope you'll find a way to keep making these videos for a long time. People are so inclined to fear and even hate what they don't understand, including these marvewlous and usually totally harmless insects without which life as we know it would be impossible.
I’m not goin anywhere! Plenty more to come, working on continuing to level them up for your enjoyment too!
Omg that grasshopper is frightening !! I love the fact you’re not afraid of anything. I’m an absolute wimp!! X
The fact you've handled assassin bugs/Kissing bugs freaks me right out.
The wings on the grasshopper are stunning. Useless but beautiful. Definitely my fav of the 5. The caterpillar coming in a close second.
Pine Devil belongs in a video game as an end boss. Congrats again on the 100k, you produce some very professional vids. Seeing the "behind the scenes" on a few of your vids was an inspiring experience. For anyone reading this comment, Spencer a) knows his stuff and b) puts in a TON of work on these videos. 100k is well-earned and deserved. Cheers.
I think the flag-footed bug (anisocelis flavolineata) deserves an honorable mention simply because of how fabulous it looks.
This channel very much makes me want to just go outside and start exploring what creatures I can find in my city
Glad to hear it! That’s the goal every time!
Those are indeed freaky! The Dobsonfly is definitely freaky since I certainly wouldn’t expect something that looks somewhat delicate to have such fearsome mandibles. The Pine Devil is more cool than freaky, though. That’s some amazing camouflage it’s got! The way it whipped its head around when you touched it was quite funny, too. "Don’t mess with me, bruh!"
It’s interesting to see such a different-looking stink bug. Of course, its appearance isn’t the freaky part - it’ll just suck out your insides (if you’re an insect, at least). That seems more like assassin bug behavior.
The coolest of them all was that grasshopper! So beautiful. You’re right about it looking like it might be mechanical; it has a certain steampunk look to it. That sound it amazing, too. When you were first looking at it on the plant and it made that sound, I wondered if you might have found some kind of cicada. Cicadas are the insect I usually associate with loud sounds. Cicadas are ugly, though, and that grasshopper - especially with its wings out - is just gorgeous. Is that a common grasshopper in Ecuador? With that size and density, it looks like it could be quite destructive to crops if found in huge numbers.
I think they're common garden pests but don't usually occur in large numbers. I definitely loved seeing them though, as a lifelong grasshopper enjoyer, this one was such a special encounter. Probably my favorite of this list too (why I made it the longest segment 😉)
Are you kidding me? Cicadas are so cute, with their big eyes and kind of derpy expression. They’re not ugly, unless they’re so homely that they’re cute!
That was very interesting. The last one was the freakiest 😮 definitely wouldn't want to get bitten.
I was wondering if you have the junk bug or trash carrier over there? It's the larvae of the lacewings. They carry the corpses of their prey on their backs. 😂😂 I have seen them many times in my backyard.
I'm fascinated with little creatures too, I have witnessed some pretty amazing ones doing their thing in their little world.
Keep up the great work Spencer. We appreciate you.
Congratulations 🎉 on 100k subscribers! You deserve it.
Yes! I don’t see them very often, once in a while climbing up tree bark. Thanks for all your support!
I love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! I sure will!
Hi Spencer! I can honestly say I've learned so much from watching your amazing videos. Congrats on hitting 100K. 💯👍
Thank you so much! Glad to provide!
Huge congrats on reaching 100K subs, Master Spencer! WOOHOO! And thanks for the awesome collection of odd but awesome(oddsome) insects!
I don’t know how I haven’t seen that grasshopper segment before. That’s absolutely beautiful and amazing. I spent countless hours as a kid catching grasshoppers. Love them! Nothing like that one though.
Thanks so much! Really been an incredible journey so far, and we're gearing up to start the climb towards the legendary 1 million! That'll be a quest for the ages. Fun fact- the grasshopper segment was completely new for this list! I'm experimenting with making compilations like these using a mix of old and new clips. That way OG fans can get nostalgia with clips they've seen, newer fans can see segments from older videos they might not seek out, but also everyone can enjoy brand new segments that haven't been featured before! I actually filmed that grasshopper as a segment on the ranch but no final video ever came out of it. Decided that I'd make a "Top 5 freakiest insects" video specifically to work that one in!
@@MyWildBackyard That’s a very creative idea!
@@valiantwarrior4517 thanks!
That grasshopper is awesome!! All the insects you shared are cool! Thanks for sharing them!
100K!! Congrats, Spencer. I'm so happy to have seen this landmark. Here's to the next 100k, and more!
This video had me hooked all the way through, you picked a nice selection of insects and it was fun for me to reminisce about some of those catches that I was lucky enough to be there for. I forgot how good your predatory stink bug footage is, I need to get a macro lens soon. Gotta love leprous grasshoppers, I’m always happy to see an orthopteran on your channel, and the dobsonfly is a fantastic pick for this list as well. Nice work!
I lived in ecuador for 4 1/2 years as a kid. Your videos make me wanna go back
Well done on 100k dude! You more than deserve it!
Thanks so much!
I am amazed with that gorgeous grasshopper, So pretty! I used to like catching grasshoppers when I was a kid also :) My mother didn't appreciate me bringing them in the house though.. lol
My mom didn't like me bringing them in the house either. My brother and I would make secret terrariums in our closet and hide them from our parents
The grasshopper is gorgeous. It looks like a jewelers carefully sculpted and patinated red bronze masterpiece.
That dobson fly looked VERY ticked off you were holding her 😮😳!
A week late on watching this one but with the first big: Paralyze and liquefying the insides sounds like a really cool super power to have!! Excellent list for creepiness! Have a good day Spencer.
Hope yours is great too! Yeah those venomous true bugs are really crazy when you think about how their enzymes work. Biology never fails to fascinate
Congrats on 100k! I really appreciate your respect and empathy for these animals and your appreciation of your audience.
Thank you! It really does mean the world!
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers, Spencer!
Thanks so much!
That grasshopper looks both menacing and beautiful at the same time. It’s huge, and the colors! I can imagine how bad the pain from a bite could be, dang. Beautiful and scary. Also very “alien” looking in a closeup.
My #1 will probably always be the Ant Lion. I discovered these little guys as a kid as most of us probably did who used to play outside a lot. I thought those little holes in the sand were nothing until I saw one in action. Blew my mind! 🤯 I'm like "a bug.. knows how to build a sand trap and throw sand at it's prey?!" 😬 And of course, they are harmless to us.
"This is a gorgeous female dobsonfly"
Right before you go on to talk about how ugly and creepy they are at all stages of life 😂 and gosh, the hellgrammite is so freakin cool and disturbing. Very alien.
Oh, and the grasshopper was AMAZING!! It looks like a painted model or something. Her loud, sandpapery wings would 100% scare me away!
Once again, awesome work, dude!
Thank you! Yeah the uglier and creepier the insect is, the cooler it is in my opinion! So glad to share that insane hopper too, filmed that segment in Ecuador and was worried it wouldn’t see the light of day!
@MyWildBackyard Yeah, I figured that you were admiring it as an awesome specimen when you said gorgeous. Just found it funny 😂 But I agree, the super weird bugs remind me how amazing Earth really is.
Off topic, but great job w the livestream! It was fun to meet the family and see your friends and girlfriend in chat! I'm looking forward to the Discord being opened up 😄 community-building stuff like streams and a Discord will really benefit your channel.
@@bundleofbasil lemme actually get you the discord link! I’ll do a big announcement this week but it’s already open 🫡
@@bundleofbasil discord.gg/6aQP6GpRB6
Ooh just noticed the wonderful 100 you’ve reached. Well and truly deserved
Now to make a top 5 cutest and most wholesome arthropod encounters.
Added to the idea list!
Your video production has improved so much man. The content was always super interesting but now it really feels like it has the production of a TV show. I love to see this channel grow
I love your channel spencer awesome work congrats on the 100k subs
Thank you so much!
I see dobsonflies pretty frequently in the Asheville area. They're definitely one of the freakiest looking insects. There's also a ton of unique-looking solitary wasps in the Smokies.
Another amazing video Spencer! Keep em comin!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼
Hi that's a great video. Two of the weariest insects that I've found are Mole crickets and silverfish. It would be cool if you could do a mole cricket video. And have a great day. 🕷️🕸️🦈
I love the little mole crickets, they're so cute! 😊
I’ve been working on getting a mole cricket video done! It’s coming.
Can't wait
Another great video man! Wtg 100k subs 🎉
Thank you so much! Literally crazy rn
SPENCER!!! 100k OH MY GOD IM SO PROUD OF YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
IT'S LITERALLY INSANE! Still hasn't sunk in tbh, very wild
That leprous grasshopper is an interesting find, the orange lubbers that i'm familiar with definitely don't make that sound.
Dude that grasshopper is sick
Great stuff! Congrats on 100k Spencer! That's huge!
It's so crazy! Still hasn't sunk in yet. Thanks for all your support!
Brooooooo I always love your videos, but after finding out you are a Dark Souls fan, makes me extremely happy 😁 perfect, accurate description of that beetle
I'd say I'm a very casual enjoyer of it. More fun to watch other more skilled people play, I tend to rage out cause everything kills me. Zelda is more my speed 😂
Cool video, I always had an interest in insects. Especially spiders/ tarantulas
I live in Western North Carolina and while growing up I'd spend all night under the outside light on our Barn. These Dobsonflys would be the best finds with some having huge pinchers. Always found insects fascinating.
That huge grasshopper was awesome. I'd love to see in real life. Maybe even have one in my hand. Maybe. Lol
South America is a destination for you! So many giant, crazy looking hoppers down there
Another awesome vid! ❤ You're super cool Spencer 😎
So Cool 😎
Love the Leprous Grasshopper.
Wings are awesome
That is the most bad-a grasshopper I have ever seen.
Congrats on 100k subs, by the way!
Such a crazy grasshopper! I knew I had to include it in a video at some point! Thanks so much for all your support thus far. Next stop, 1 million!
That Eastern Dobsonfly and that giant grasshopper they both look millions of years old
Spencer the hoppers in the UK are tiny compared to the one that you've shown its enormous thanks mate
The ones in the US are pretty small compared to that one too! Tropics are built different!
Spencer you taught me something new,I didn't know beetles were venomous or at least some of them, and Jack got bit on the face by a bark scorpion in his video yesterday,and I told him I hope you learned your lesson don't stick venomous creatures on your face,but I don't think he learned and he'll do it again😂
Yeah I don't stick things on my face for that very reason! Also easier to keep an eye on them on your hands. It's alright though, I know Jack won't do anything TOO dangerous.
I would pass out at that grasshopper. He’s beautiful but I’m terrified
Congratulations on 100k subscribers Spencer love your work 😊
Thank you! How’s your wildlife channel coming?
@@MyWildBackyard it's ok thankyou Im still learning to do this to be honest but thankyou so much for getting back to me you are teaching me so much on insects what you do is truelly amazing and inspiring to so many 😊 hope your well? Do you have an Instagram account I can follow ?
Oh wow those are some interesting Insects, Thank you for the video. Last night I found a Huge Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera scalator) while out in my parking lot. We have some Large Cotton Wood & Willows close to my Apartment.
I’m jealous! Cottonwood borers are one of the beetles I’ve wanted to see the most since starting the channel.
@@MyWildBackyard This one was a good Inch & a half long or closer to Two inches.. Beautiful Black & Yellow markings ... I should figure out a way to send you some and some Wheel bugs also next Summer.
That Leprous Grasshopper looks like an Elden Ring enemy
Question! That stink bug, could it bite like the "Toe biter" diving beetles since it has that gnarly rostrum? LOVE your stuff keep it up!
Yes! At least I assume so. I haven’t been bitten personally, but always safe to assume anything with a mouth COULD bite if prompted to.
Live wolf spider reaction ._.
I once found a almost 2 inch in size Spider Wasp in my travels with my work in Saskatchewan Canada. Biggest wasp/Hornet I've ever seen.
Another great one
The ant lion. Looks like an alien before it takes on it’s beautiful adult form. One of my favorite critters on the face of this amazing planet.
Others in my area and home town: bald-faced hornet, Jerusalem cricket, heck even ladybugs because of their larva, and snake fly come to mind.
When I was about 14 I found both a big black and red lubber locust and a rhino beetle. I was astounded by their sizes. Those are big insects! The rhino was a greyish tan with black spots.
Great recap loved it!
Silly question~are insects immune to their own venom? If they are using venom to liquify the insides - and eat it - they eat the venom too?
@7:55: More like a boss in the computergame Grounded.
The weirdest i have ever seen in my garden in north west Germany was a Antlion adult which has wings and looks almost like a weird dragonfly which we have plenty of because of our gardenpond.
I'd agree with that too! Such weird creatures. I probably need to do an antlion video at some point
Few years back in the northeast found multiple Dobson flies ranging between 10-12”
I grew up next to a river and would see helgramites and dobson flies. They freaked us out as kids
New nickname for the leprous grasshopper, the clockwork grasshopper
Have you covered red velvet ants in their multitude. My daughter was stung the other day by one not just red et black, but had some white on as well!
It's been a while since I've done a velvet ant video. Maybe I'm due for a new one? Also thinking I should reorganize the playlists a little bit to make older videos like that easier to find.
Would like to see content on Vinegaroons, Pseudoscorpions, Trapdoor Spiders and Solpugids...
I plan on it! Vinegaroons and trapdoors have thus eluded me, but I’d like to do like a “weirdest arachnids” video. Bet ya never heard of tick spiders- those range in the US as well as
Never heard of Tick Spiders--am looking forward to that post! @@MyWildBackyard
Can you go to Australia and find the giant burrowing cockroach?
Beautiful grasshopper
Yes 100k.
Yes! We did it!
Fascinating creatures.
PA resident, I had a run-in with a male & female Dobsonfly at my old 3rd shift gas station job some years back. They were hanging out near the lights above the entrance. The thing that really got me is seeing and hearing them fly occasionally likely clumsy little whirly helicopters. The sound was faint but like cards clacking against the spokes on the wheel of your bike (if you ever did that as a kid, you know the sound) or like a little mini motorcycle from a distance. When you see one in the air, it really looks like it just shouldn’t be doing that at all. So cumbersome. I thought it was funny from a distance.
Great ep
Thanks man!
I think the Jewel spider is one of the freakiest spiders.
You make me want to look around my region and see what crazy creatures I could find. Any crazy stuff in southwest Ohio?
Give it a shot! Ohio has hellgrammites that get even bigger than the ones I find here, as well as some really cool salamander life. Might even be able to find timber rattlesnakes depending on where you go!
@@MyWildBackyard you need to come show me the way 😂
I'm moving to NC soon! Gonna be around the Wake Forest area.
That’s awesome! I’ve seen some really cool newts out that way on a run or two
@@MyWildBackyard I'm definitely excited to find some new critters. I currently live in ohio so we don't have many cool reptiles/inverts.
2:45 Don't call me Shirley
When you mention stinging caterpillars…. I think go the furry puss caterpillar!! I will always fear them!
I could get into the top 50 crazy insects
Hellgramites freak me right out
That Dobson fly is a small one. I see them (and hellgrammites) when I fly fish. Hellgrammites are the best small mouth bass baits.
That grass hopper with cookie cut your flesh lol
If I was an insect I’d be all bright red with spurs covering me and a giant sign over my head that says “Toxic af”
Ohhh yeah. Very much so
Insects have no chill whatsoever
😂
that grasshopper gave me a bit of a cicada vibe.
Very much so!
The stink bug got the same probe thing as the giant brain bug from starship troopers
Yup. Mental
That grasshopper looks like it belongs in a steampunk world
I would agree with u.
The spitfire sawfly lavae used to freak me out as a kid. It was the only insect/invertebrate I wouldn't go near or try to pick up. 😂 Especially when they were all clumped together in a massive group! Used to give me chills. I think it was mostly because of the warnings I got from the school to stay away from them but they still put the fear in me. (South Australia)
dude, i've had 100 tarantulas and tons of reptiles in my house for years, if that grasshopper comes in my house, i'm calling 911
😂😂
I love strange insects 🤩🪲🦗🐛🪳🥰
I know i clicked the video of horror insects but i did not expect to be this freaked out.
That grasshopper... I want to leave the country after that one...
aaahhh im thrilled to see a feature from dobsonflies and information that hellgrammites are their freakish dragon children. growing up around the maryland/dc marshes, theyre such a special animal and yet so rarely seen very far from the water at all so many people never get to see one. nevermind that adult dobsonflies dont eat (as many adult forms of insects tend to) so they only live that way for a short window of time, its spectacular to see one...
and the larvae hide under rocks in really clean rivers! you can live nearby and just never see the things your entire life...
one time, one of my family members was working outside and a dobsonfly (male) flew into his head, thing was almost as long as his hand haaahahaha
he messaged me immediately to ask what circle of hell it came out of 😂 since he knew id know what it was, being the bug freak of the family
i was very excited. he was less enthused but very sweet for thinking to show me and ask me what i might know...
hellgrammites are said to be popular fishing bait, but i've never seen or heard this in person. we used blood worms when i was a kid- and that's actually a pretty freaky "bug" to show off one day, i think! did you know their teeth have copper in them???
i could talk about weird bugs all day, man. this is a great video, thank you for sharing the love. love how much you've loved grasshoppers your whole life, haha, i feel you! they're really great animals, really cool body structures and looks. charismatic! what's not to love?
The Ant Lion is a pretty wierd locking insect
my scariest insect encounter was when i found a giant roach in my shoe. it's safe to say that i reached a note that rivals mariah carrey 😂
🤣I believe it!