Bug Tier List

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0:00 - Bugs Scary
2:01 - Tier List Time
3:11 - Pokemon Bugs
4:58 - Low Tier Bugs
5:58 - Squirmy Fellas that Got No Legs
6:40 - Halloween Bugs
7:39 - THE HIVEMIND
8:26 - my FAVORITE BUG!!!
8:55 - BONUS BUGS

[@cairo-araya]

Placing wasps above bees is a thing i never thought I'd see someone do..

[@tanylia6129]

I audibly gasped when I saw that

[@ObjcetSohwRael]

True

[@germany8339]

He is (almost) objectivity right about everything.

[@astgdX]

Frig u saten

[@theor6672]

fr

[@Carly.m.springer]

The concern I felt when you said butterflies have three life stages, and the pictures were caterpillar, butterfly, and moth. 😂

[@kasiatokomi9116]

Same! :D

[@A_Kiwi_Donut_YT]

So true

[@POOPPOOP34]

Lol

[@jerryworshiper1587]

thank you, oats jenkins, for replacing my existing opinions for the objectively correct ones. i feel so much less wrong already.

[@Cloudy_is_cute]

Yes ofc

[@TeardropCantTalk]

oats jenkins is objectively right about everything

[@arch4ngel]

real

[@LoadingRust]

I'm going against the army, moth is F tier

[@r3dleaf]

moth is s+ tier, prove me wrong@@LoadingRust

[@Caal]

Fun fact: in french we call moths "papillons de nuit" which literally means "butterfly of the night", so to us butterflies and moths are literally the same insect, the only difference being the time of day that we see them

[@Sh4rkzz._]

Wdym french people aren’t real

[@-TelaxyTensei-]

That actually also makes sense to me since the only times I saw a butterfly is in the day and a moth in the night, also I only see butterflies outside, but moths only inside, specifically in my room, when I'm trying to sleep or about to go to sleep

[@Raikuthedragon]

We also simply call them "mites" in french, which is the official term. But yeah we also call them "papillons de nuit"

[@jerryworshiper1587]

i used to be extremely afraid of crane flies, but after a lot of crane fly jumpscares, i managed to appreciate the weird little guys for how neat they are.

[@YellowMustard_]

Me too I thought I was just weird😅

[@NITE_CALEB]

Not me

[@lightningwars7796]

I used to think they were giant mosquitoes and I ran from them lol

[@YellowMustard_]

@@NITE_CALEB good job

[@Tbug20]

nah screw crane flies

[@muggerrock2969]

As someone with Lymes disease, I appreciate the ticks’ placement

[@anticlaws4105]

That disease is the reason I’m scared to go in long grass. I hope your doing well

[@legendarylimtopsofficial]

i feel like that Pill bugs should've been bonus bugs, since they're in fact crustaceas. But i'll let it slide since they're so great

[@gregcalvin4337]

Can we all just appreciate this man's insanity. He put a letter in this tier list.

[@overthegardenwall7143]

⍵ Is a number

[@NamibiaMcDonalds]

yet he didnt put scorpions

[@Nebulisuzer]

​@@overthegardenwall7143ω is a letter in the Greek alphabet

[@ProfessorBuge]

​@@overthegardenwall7143 7143 is my favourite letter too

[@electricpepperoni4789]

Omega was after infinity in the number tier list so shot into the next one. This one is the next tier list, so here it is.

[@bonzai8664]

Tier Zoo and Oats collab is something I kinda wanna see

[@EpicGamerScout]

Didn't that sponsor get in trouble for literally selling their customer's medical data to advertiser? Yikes

[@cassidyszewczyk5029]

I thought it was because their therapists weren't as qualified as we would hope, but yeah, I've heard some shady stuff about this company.

[@pokepoke1889]

Oats probably didn't know that It's sad though

[@farofa9999]

i finally find someone who has the exact same fear of insects as me i am genuinely happy

[@breadchild101]

@@some_random_Rnow 3

[@Egg_Yolk0]

@some_random_R now 4

[@anaveragecanadian5061]

@@some_random_Rnow 5

[@unitds27-delta]

​@@anaveragecanadian5061now 6

[@lizzardlordpro7019]

I love that he decided that all invertebrates are objectively bugs. Wikipedia should change their definitions.

[@QUBIQUBED]

I think oats jenkins is already objectively correct enough BUT I think it would be kinda sorta objectively ish maybe possible (please spare my family) correcterer if only arthropods were bugs. Why? Because now Jellyfish are also bugs

[@-TelaxyTensei-]

@@QUBIQUBEDI'll give you some time to say goodbye to your family, now go before I change my mind

[@leothebugnerd]

@@QUBIQUBED ever played Hollow Knight? Jellyfish are bugs.

[@greencoconutcurry]

Did you know, not all insects are bugs? It’s just one family of insects with few members.

[@puttiplush]

mea Culpa Confession Time. When you had pictures of a caterpillar, a butterfly, and a moth all lined up in that order, then said "I'm going to rank each of their life stages separately," I briefly had the horrified thought of "oh god no, does he think that the moth is the third life stage of a butterfly??" But of course you were referring to the larval, pupal, and adult stages the whole time!!!

[@StephanieAwesom]

LET'S GOOOO, love the roly poly love!!! Fun Fact: Despite commonly being referred to as bugs, they aren't actually bugs and are instead isopods, a type of crustacean! (this is my 🤓moment)

[@lawn_moa]

I disagree, 'bug' is a colloquial term not a scientific one, it's not strictly defined and is instead much looser in definition. Saying that 'slaters (roly-polies) aren't bugs because they're isopods' is like saying that 'tomatoes aren't vegetables because they're fruit'. They're both, as these terms ate not mutually exclusive.

[@baguettewoman1413]

@@lawn_moa "bug" is actually a scientific term it refers to insects in the group Hemiptera.

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@baguettewoman1413there’s two definitions, the casual one and the nerd one

[@leothebugnerd]

technically insects are crustaceans actually!!!

[@tiagoprado7001]

ngl "roly poly love" sounds like a song title from the 60s

[@PotatoPotato-rd4jk]

Oats Jenkins, can you plz do a bread tier list?

[@YellowMustard_]

I think I have the same thing as you, like I have let 6 inch wide tarantulas crawl on me but I get freaked when there’s a beetle in the bathroom

[@uiinpui]

In Dutch slugs are literally called "nude snails"

[@sileudies]

As an insect, I can confirm that I have been put on a tier list

[@lightningwars7796]

Wait what lol

[@josephbogren444]

Well you must not be a scorpion then 🤷‍♂️

[@sileudies]

@@josephbogren444 scorpions are arachnids i swear

[@somerandoinaknightsarmor9938]

Are you one of the 350,000 different types of beetles?

[@gigachad.-]

I wish you had put mantis shrimp on the list! They are very, very loud but it’s a cool popping sound and they’re fun little rainbow dudes who can also one shot almost anything they’re up against

[@Me_and_More]

They’re like blood-soaked rainbows

[@QUBIQUBED]

we needed the pistol shrimp

[@skate19706]

I was gonna complain about how snails should be in S tier, but then I found out that it was actually a perfect list so never mind.

[@flacs08]

Bees or mosquitos: we are the worst bugs we are annoying and we Sting Wasp: let me introduce myself

[@josephbogren444]

You'd probably be dead if it weren't for bees. Just sayin

[@flacs08]

@@josephbogren444 another point for bees against wasps

[@baguettewoman1413]

actually most wasps are small harmless pollinators you don't even see or notice! There's only a handful of species of wasps that commonly sting people out of thousands of wasp species! Honeybees do not pollinate a lot of native plants and as such they rely on native pollinators such as flies and wasps! Without wasps you wouldn't have MANY other species!

[@Warri0rLink]

One time I saw a cicada struggling on its back, and when it flapped its wings, it spun around incredibly fast like a Beyblade. That’s gotta be worth a couple extra points, right? 😂

[@Ultra_DuDu]

My tierlist : S : Spiders A : Other arachnids except ticks, myriapods, bees, isopods B : C : D : E : Those that I can feed to my spiders F : All of the others ones

[@DogeGuy.]

Yay you didn't forget Omega from the last tier list!

[@ezekielsandifer156]

I didn’t get the reference. Is it something to do with programming?

[@DogeGuy.]

@@ezekielsandifer156 in his last tier list he ranked numbers and he said he would put it in the next tier list and so he put in this one

[@ezekielsandifer156]

@@DogeGuy. ohhh ok, thanks

[@groovy3]

oats moment

[@Tking398]

Oats moment

[@CandyRobloxAnimationEdits]

Oats moment fr

[@YellowMustard_]

Oats moment

[@zaida._xoxo]

oats moment

[@THEGRXMEDITOR]

OATS MOMENTTTT

[@c01by-jack]

I’m gonna need a betterhelp therapist after seeing you put wasps in A tier and butterflies in C tier.

[@wolfin13]

Thank you Oats Jenkins for teaching me what’s wrong with my opinion and showing me the real way I should view bugs. You are objectively right about everything

[@hatTtop]

My biggest fear is bees, and especially wasps, if I even think I saw or heard a bee, then I flinching at every breath.

[@Mulakulu]

roly poly's aren't bugs. They're isopods. They are closer to crabs than they are beetles. Edit: I posted this before realizing you added crabs to the list of bugs. I have been thoroughly flabbergasted

[@CandyRobloxAnimationEdits]

I used to me really scared of bugs too I would not even go outside sometimes but oh well and as always keep up the great work oats lol

[@yobloxdragon4607]

Dont feel bad Oats I have apiphobia (phobia of bees and wasps) and I have NEVER been stung by any of them. Anytime ive seen them I either freeze in fear or bolt away.

[@SiteBoyAhmet]

8:11 Man,Hexagons are Bestagons.A wise man thought me that.

[@marybethvanlandingham8825]

Oat really needs more subs

[@CandyRobloxAnimationEdits]

Fr

[@akesiyt]

you should've included IndexError: number out of range, it's my favorite one!

[@nillaq]

I was okay with him including fleas, ticks, spiders, even worms, but NO! YOU CAN'T JUST CALL A CRAB A BUG. 😭😭😭 Also, dragonflies and bees are S tier.

[@spoperty4940]

and slugs and snails are also not even insects

[@esmax3000]

Idk why he put hornets in a there but spider on d tier. Spider kill mosquitos

[@jakesaquaticworld2669]

Ikr im so sad he put bees on b tier

[@YoungGandalf2325]

The FDA allows a certain number of whole insects or insect parts in most food and pharmaceutical products. There's no need to be afraid of bugs. They are all around you, even in your food. Enjoy. 😉

[@kasiatokomi9116]

Well, dead bugs are harmless...

[@mankart8084]

I like how most of these arent even bugs

[@That_one_weirdasf_dude]

I have a developed phobia of crickets now... After... The Incident...

[@mrhyde2032]

This ha been difficult to see, but I always enjoy a oats video

[@notrickastleyish]

Once a cicada flew into our house. It was bouncing off the wall like a tiny bullet, screaming, and my sister thought it was an alien.

[@firsthandsuffering]

i appreciate you putting slugs and snails high up not a lot of people like these lil guys i love them personally, they seem to make great pets and im planning to get one in the future

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Mari Yaguchi:sees bug Also Mari Yaguchi:AAAAAAAAAAAA *crawls in her ear*

[@XorbityXorbGlowbe]

bee is just a little guy though fluffy little goober. i once sat next to one. she was very polite.

[@chris1to1pher]

bumbles are where its at. only attack if provoked, fluffy lil yellow balls of B, and their lil faces are cute af

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Candy centipedes are delicious! They come in a variety of flavors:cherry,blueberry,apple and orange

[@willko2255]

Bees are definitely S tier

[@Xerknight_she-her]

A relatively substantial portion of these are mollusks not insects such as the snail

[@oliverspelrasmusson3378]

A funny thing is that im the same. Im also not scared of spiders but i literally die when i see a butterfly

[@chris1to1pher]

3:41 as a kid i would collect those brown and black caterpillars all day in the autumn

[@noxfortes]

Haven't watched it yet but I hope that mosquitoes are in the bottom tier Edit: thanks for having common sense ❤️

[@wigley7610]

ℕ𝕠

[@wigley7610]

ℕ𝕠𝕠

[@kimhunchhen8822]

Random fact because im very bored: Female mosquitoes are the ones who drink blood. Male mosquitoes actually drunk nectar.

[@RocketStar09]

Reasons why Spiders are cool: Funne web They kill mosquitos Spider-Man

[@chinnuchiramel]

I honestly agree with you with the roly polys there're pretty nice :)

[@Owlemon]

I love the undertale thundersnail theme at the snail ranking lol

[@baguettewoman1413]

I love how the first moth he showed is a needle felted moth and not even real haha

[@vladyslavkryvoruchko]

8:21 Wasps and hornets do not deserve even the f tier

[@nboxbanana]

Bed bugs have left the chat

[@spinonoorsYT]

8:22 rare sighting of someone not hating on evil bees

[@lionu11]

I can't believe you put caterpillars above dragonflies

[@rileywoolstenhulme4065]

great video! I love to see the many ways which us humans have invented to cope with our fears. I do however hate to inform you that the word "bug" actually only refers to a specific group of insects that posses a tounge-like proboscis and some other stuff. If you're looking for a word to describe all the animals on this list It is actually quite difficult as it includes not only arthropods (insects arachnids and crustaceans) but mollusks (slugs and snails) and annelids (earthworms). The best descriptor to include all those phylums might be "protostomic coelomates" as they posses both protostome development and a true body cavity (coelom) as unifying characteristics. I also would note that the bonus bugs being crustaceans is ironic considering that crustaceans are more closely related to true insects than annelids and mollusks. 🤓🤓🤓

[@esneiderochoa2077]

BEES DESERVE MORE !!!!!

[@joseprodes6859]

I also was always scared of butterflys

[@Purpley_Guy]

The worm image is a ribbon worm one of the most dangerous worms ever

[@emmanuelmadla9921]

Mosquitoes have actually killed half of the entire human population that has ever lived... and died

[@baguettewoman1413]

that is... not true

[@bridgettetaylor7119]

You should have put the Gnat at F tier. They are so annoying! One time a gnat flew into my nostril and I hated it.

[@eftelboy]

Insects have 6 legs, slugs, worms, snails, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, etc are not bugs.

[@the_Zinabi]

Bees - literally essential to continued human survival. B tier.

[@quinnruss5541]

As a kid (now), I got jumpscared after that “whatever this is” and made an earsplitting scream pfft 💀

[@the_apollo_]

Bro i frickin love roly polys

[@jonathanbost8427]

By the way cocoons are only for moths. Butterflies emerge from chrysalises (which is, by the way, how we differentiate butterflies from moths, because a chrysalis is the hardened body of the butterfly pupa, while a cocoon is a silk casing formed by a moth larva).

[@america2793]

Those flying long armed and legged daddy longlegs

[@aperson2712]

i’m glad you realized wasps are so awful they don’t deserve to be on the list

[@spencer6205]

The only REAL rule to moths and butterflies is that moth is mean and hurts my feelings by hanging near my home 😭

[@mathguy37]

thank you for adding omega

[@overthegardenwall7143]

That moth photo gives me PTSD from Absolute Radiance

[@tanadraws4412]

If it helps I’m not afraid of live bugs. Keyword: Live. I held a wasp before and multiple spiders. Whenever there’s a bug in the house I’m the one who deals with it. But if it’s dead, I can’t get near it without feeling dread. Same with crabs and lobsters and shit (which are basically sea bugs, all arthropods) Edit: I had not finished the video when I commented this, and was not aware you had acknowledged lobsters and crabs and shrimp on your list

[@f1zz4r0ll1]

i love taking someone who thinks moths are hairy and brown and shoeing them skipper butterflies the best way to tell the difference between the 2 is their antennae btw. butterflies have clubbed antennae and moths never do

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Pokemon has the beautiful Metapod(butterfly) and the creepy Kakuna(wasp) in their cocoons respectively!

[@brianahern5113]

My Favourite is the underrated fly they are barely noticeable

[@BrianWanke]

Bugs were also my biggest fear when I was a kid 💀 The only ones I don’t despise are some caterpillars, stick bugs, snails/slugs, and silk moths. I’m also terrified of bees and butterflies, but they pollinate a lot which is helpful. To all the other bugs, Go boil your larvae ass.

[@frog_with_a_rainbow_mushroom]

OK, the only time ever you were not objectively, correct is when you put dragonfly in such a low tier, dragonfly needs to be an S tier!

[@DJOGEO]

I love bugs (especially spiders like tarantulas)

[@Jakzemblox]

that picture at the beginning is a vinegaroon i think, completely harmless.

[@blubyboomer3089]

man i do not know but i have a fear of catipillars ever since i was a child

[@MrConverse]

Centipedes are F-tier!!! Anyone who says otherwise is just plain wrong!

[@ProfessionalBugLover]

THANK YOU FOR BEING FAIR. SO MANY PEOPLE HATE BUGS JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE BUGS. I LOVE YOU

[@flarethetitanpea5358]

the only thing i find wrong about this is that WASPS ARE IN A TIER? beedrill is cool and all, but wasps are the freaking crazy neighbors of bees who are for some reason constantly renovating their houses. I cant think any more ways to compare wasps to bees other than, wasps are the KAREN kind of bees.

[@dr.lelelelelelelele305]

I was staring at that Bass the entire time

[@mataka7281]

The biologist in me is crying…

[@baguettewoman1413]

same here

[@justjace1146]

He should have included that bear larva

[@ntlvr]

roly-polys are also called slaters

[@deep_fried_cringe7962]

Okay..hear my out... DOES ANYONE ELSE REALLY LIKE CICADA SHELLS? I love seeing them just chilling on branches and stuff. Their limbs stuck pretty well to your shirt so I can have one just chilling on my shoulder.

[@Irelandball-om4yi]

In my country, rolypolies are called woodlice!

[@mcjavabelike8320]

I know that you are objectively correct and this is just anecdotal but wasps can be a real pain when you need to commit micro-scale deforestation

[@lordquagsire5714]

That’s great to know that my opinion on beetles was correct

[@One_Rebellious_Reader]

As someone who lives in a place with a ton a centipedes and millipedes, E TIER! THEY DESERVE NOTHING MORE!

[@kirilvelinov7774]

I saw the bug in Morning Musume's Furusato It's a cicada!

[@officialrealmadridrobloxmp7340]

8:42 it’s my fav bug aswell they are even better than s tier😊😍

[@Mexronix]

About that I keep seeing this big bug with long legs that can fly I hit it twice it lost 2 of the 4 legs and its still after me HELP

[@Capbedwars]

Roly-poly‘s are my favorite too

[@hopes_peak_akademie__6646]

Entomophobia truly is a word of all time