Table 1. Relative dangerousness and biting frequency of common insects.
| Dangerousness (n = 45) | Biting frequency (n = 44) | |||
| Average rank | Cultural consensus rank | Average rank | Cultural consensus rank | |
| 1 | Snake | Snake | Mosquito | Mosquito |
| 2 | Tarantula | Tarantula | Scorpion | “Pic” |
| 3 | “Pic” | “Pic” | “Pic” | Scorpion |
| 4 | Scorpion | Scorpion | Bee | Bee |
| 5 | Mosquito | Mosquito | Ant | Horsefly |
| 6 | Bee | Bee | Horsefly | Ant |
| 7 | Cockroach | Cockroach | Cockroach | Wasp |
| 8 | Wasp | Wasp | Wasp | Cockroach |
| 9 | Spider | Spider | Tick | Tick |
| 10 | Tick | Tick | Tarantula | Snake |
| 11 | Horsefly | Horsefly | Snake | Tarantula |
| 12 | Ant | Ant | Spider | Spider |