10 Worst Ways To Die In The Stargate Universe

It doesn't take long for the Atlantis Expedition to meet the Wraith upon entering the Atlantis galaxy, returning them to active status. Just about everywhere the team went, they met something new and nasty, mucking things up for everyone in the whole galaxy, and one such creature was the Iratus bug.

In "Thirty-Eight Minutes," Major John Sheppard is bitten by one of these nasty buggers, and it's not easy to remove. In fact, it's next to impossible to take the thing off, and that becomes a serious problem when the team's Puddle Jumper is trapped inside a stargate.

When the Iratus bug is attached to him, it sucks his life energy in much the same way a Wraith does. When it's shot, stabbed, burned, or anything happens to it, it uses this energy to heal itself. This makes it impossible to remove, and every attempt results in horrific pain for the victim.

The Iratus bug's only purpose is to drain the life from whoever it's attached to, but unlike a Wraith, it doesn't do so in a short period of time. Instead, it latches on, sucking life for hours, slowly killing its victim who is fully aware of what's happening to them.