Because your odds of encountering any of them are astronomically low.

The scary bugs are those we encounter all the time.

Worms in pork, common housefly and their maggots, heartworms in dogs and cats and the eggs in their feces and those bugs that infect the brains of pet owners and make them slaves to their pets - all FAR more horrifying.

I've killed enough bark scorpions, in just the past two months, with enough collective venom to take out a family of elephants. Human versus insect is not much of a challenge when one has the human mind to guide one.

That piece was written like trash for a trashy target audience. The equivalent of the folks who stop and take pictures at the scene of an accident - for their scrapbooks. Using fear and the lowest common denominator to boost internet traffic - pathetic and sad.