Hi, it’s Katrina! From ants the size of birds to prehistoric dragonflies with wingspans as big as a hawk’s, here are 10 of the biggest creepy, crawly creatures that ever lived. Follow us on instagram!
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10. Titanomyrma
Introducing a monstrously big ant!! Titanomyrma is a genus of gigantic, prehistoric ant that encompasses several species, including T. giganteum, T. simillima, and T. lubei, who existed sometime around 49-and-a-half million years ago, during the early Eocene epoch.
9. Sinomeganeura
The extinct Sinomeganeura hails from the also-extinct Meganeuridae griffinfly family. More formally known as Meganisoptera, griffinflies are an extinct order of dragonfly-like insects that range in size from large to gigantic. While they resembled dragonflies, they were only distantly related to them. And, while most griffinflies were just a tad larger than modern dragonflies, there were several rather large exceptions, including Sinomeganeura.
8. Euphoberia
Who likes millipedes?? Euphoberia is an extinct genus of millipede that was similar to modern versions of the bug in shape and behavior, but much larger. It existed in what’s now Europe and North America during the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous period, sometime between 323.2 million and 298.9 million years ago.
7. Campanile Giganteum
Campanile giganteum was a species of sea snail from the Campanilidae family and the Campanile genus. It lived during the Eocene epoch, which lasted from 56 million to 33.9 million years ago. Lengthwise, it was the largest-known snail ever to exist, with an estimated shell length between 15.7 and 23.6 inches (40-60 cm).
6. Bohemiatupus
Bohemiatupus is an extinct genus of the also-extinct Meganeuridae griffinfly family. The genus contains a single species, Bohemiatupus elegans, which existed only in the Upper Carboniferous, or Bolsovian period, between 313 and 304 million years ago, in what is now the village of Radnice in the Czech Republic.
5. Pulmonoscorpius Kirktonensis
Known less formally as the lung scorpion or breathing scorpion, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis is an extinct species of land scorpion that thrived during the Viséan age of the Carboniferous period, sometime between 346.7 and 330.9 million years ago.
4. Jaekelopterus
Jaekelopterus is an extinct genus of eurypterid, or sea scorpion, which sprang into existence during the Pragian and Emsian stages of the Early Devonian period of the Paleozoic era, between 410.8 and 406 million years ago. There were two species, called J. rhenaniae and J. howelli. Fossils of J. rhenaniae were first discovered in Germany in 2007. It lived in the Rhineland region of western Germany, in brackish to freshwater.
3. Arthropleura
The Greek term Arthropleura translates to “jointed ribs” and represents an extinct genus of millipede arthropods that lived in northeastern North America and Scotland between 345 and 295 million years ago, from the lower Carboniferous to the lower Permian periods. It was an ancestor of today’s centipedes and millipedes.
2. Meganeuropsis
Meganeuropsis is the largest-known insect of all time. This extinct genus of griffinfly lived in what’s now the central United States during the Artinskian age of the Permian period, between 317 million and 247 million years ago.
1. Cameroceras
Cameroceras is an extinct genus of giant, shelled (orthoconic) mollusks from the cephalopod class that emerged during the middle Ordovician period of the Paleozoic era, roughly 470 million years ago. It dwelled primarily in the shallow seas of Laurentia, near modern-day North America; Baltica, or northwestern Eurasia, and the heart of Siberia.
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