18 most dangerous invasive invertebrate species in the world

1. Achentian ants - Linepithema humile

Ant Achentian is evaluated by some people as King Genghis of the ant species world. This Argentine ant species has a varied food composition and produces a lot of hardworking and aggressive worker ants. Once adapted and developed in an extremely favorable place, they usually exclude all other ants, both native ants and introduced.

Kien Achentian (Photo: msstate)

2. Wood beetle Anoplophora - Anoplophora glabripennis

Wood beetle Anoplophora is a black and white-spotted beetle that is a dangerous pest to hardwood species in their homeland of China, Korea and Japan. This species has been residing in hardwood packaging in the United States and the United Kingdom and their destruction was reported in New York in 1996 and Chicago in 1998.

Woodworm Anoplophora (Photo: insecte.uef)

3. Asian serpent - Aedes albopictus

Asian midges are introduced into the US and many other countries according to imported old tire tires. This mosquito species is related to the transmission of dengue fever, eastern horse encephalitis, dog fluke, and possibly the encephalitis virus. Louis and LaCrosse.

Common name: Dengue mosquito

Aedes albopictus - Aedes albopictus (Photo: ento.okstate)

4. Big First Ant - Pheidole megacephala

The Big Head, originating from Africa, is a wandering species, spreading globally through human trade. This is a ferocious carnivorous ant that kills many native indigenous species like ants, beetles, moths and spiders.

Big Head - Pheidole megacephala (Photo: hear.org)

5. Anophel mosquito - Anopheles quadrimaculatus

This relatively large mosquito is the main vector of malaria. This species mainly breeds in static freshwater areas and burns humans and pets at night.

Common name: Malaria mosquito

Anophel mosquito (Photo: k12education)

6. Hornets - Vespula vulgaris

Pork Beaks nest in the ground and in tree niches and niches. Besides burning people very badly, it also competes with birds and other insects on insect food and honey. They also eat berries and find food around trash bins and in camping areas

Vetula vulgaris - Vespula vulgaris (Photo: cometpc)

7. Small fire ants - Wasmannia auropunctata

Small fire ants, considered to be the culprits that degrade species diversity, reduce the number of winged insects, woodworms and kill spider populations. In Galapagos, they also eat newly hatched baby turtles and burning eyes and acupuncture points of adult turtles.

Small fire ants - Wasmannia auropunctata (Photo: sbs.utexas)

8. Cinna cupressi - Cinara cupressi

Aphid bug causes serious damage to Bach and Bach species in many countries. This is a very aggressive species, using many different parts of the plant to make food such as green branches and woody stems. Losses from partial destruction to death of the whole tree.

Cinara cupressi - Cinara cupressi (Photo: j-alemany)

9. Crazy ants (crazy golden ants) - Anoplolepis gracilipes

Known as crazy ants instructing their aggressive operations, this ant has invaded native ecosystems and caused environmental damage in areas like Hawaii, Christmas Island, Seychelles and Zanzibar

Crazy ant (crazy weaver ant) ​​- Anoplolepis gracilipes (Photo: lamarabunta)

10. Flukes - Platydemus manokwari

The snail fluke is introduced into many islands in the Pacific and Indian Ocean to control African snails. Snail fluke has become a serious threat to native mollusc species. Guam is also threatening species in the Partulidae family of Mariana Island as well as endemic species here.

Platydemus manokwari (Photo: bishopmuseum)

11. Termite house - Coptotermes formosanus

This Termite species causes significant losses to plants, houses, telephone poles, power lines and underground telephones. In Hawaii, the cost to prevent and / or control vandalism and repair the damage caused by each type is up to more than $ 60 million per year.

Coptotermes formosanus - Photo: comp.uark)

12. African snail - Achatina fulica

African snails have been heavily introduced into Asian countries, the islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, and have recently been introduced into the West Indies. This is a dangerous pest for agriculture and is a vector of some pathogens and nematodes.

African snail - Achatina fulica (Photo: achatina.unnat)

13. Yellow snail - Pomacea canaliculata

Yellow snail is a species of freshwater snail that eats and eats aquatic plants such as lotus, taro, tuber and rice. This is a dangerous kind of threat to crops in Southeast Asia and Hawaii has posed a dangerous threat to many wetlands around the world because it can change habitat and compete with native species.

Pomacea canaliculata (Photo: applesnail)

14. Oak worm - Lymantria dispar

Oak caterpillars are one of the most dangerous enemies of orchards and ornamental plants throughout the northern hemisphere. Oak caterpillars are also a dangerous pest for hardwood forests. Bulk decaying pests lead to a reduction in plant growth and vitality.

Lymantria dispar (Photo: agspsrv34.agric)

15. Burning Beetle - Trogoderma granarium

Burning beetle is one of the most dangerous threats to warehouses worldwide and is an international quarantine object. They are capable of surviving in reservoirs at a very low density and can live for a long time in the birth state.

Trogoderma granarium - Trogoderma granarium (Photo: ipm.uiuc)

16. Red fire ants - Solenopsis invicta

Red fire ants are a fierce, fast-growing, predatory insectivore, and are predominant in most food sources. Due to venom, they can defeat prey and chase competitors who are larger vertebrates out of its resources. Their food includes invertebrates, vertebrates and plants.

Solenopsis invicta - Solenopsis invicta (Photos: creatures)

17. Purple wolf slug - Euglandina rosea

This carnivorous purple wolves are introduced into the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands as biological control agents for another invasive species, the African snail (Achatina fulica). This is the cause of the extinction of Partulid slugs in French Polynesia.

Euglandina rosea - Euglandina rosea (Photo: biology)

18. Sweet potato flies - Bemisia tabaci

This sweet potato fly is a dangerous type of food for food crops and fibers worldwide. The damage caused by the chisel and sucking on the leaves of plants, is a vector of virus that causes plant diseases, and creates sweetness as a substrate for the development of soot fungi on leaves.

Bemisia tabaci - Bemisia tabaci (Photo: science.uva)

(Species that are not on the list do not mean less dangerous)