These discussions of what is the number one danger are fun but in reality don't we face all kinds of potential threats? Usually we manage to get past most of them unscathed. I would humbly suggest that what is really important is the mindset we bring to the problem/task.
When I was a little kid I had a friend who was a more or less retired sheepherder. This was back in the day when an old man and a boy could be friends without all kinds of suggestions of buggery and whatnot. Anyway...he had almost unlimited patience with all my questions. I asked him if he wasn't worried when he was out all alone, maybe break a leg or something? "Yep", he said "but the thing to do was slow down and think. Don't try to bull your way through a piece of work". And scowling at me, "Keep your mind on your work, save the woolgathering for the campfire".
All these years later his words still ring true. I can be working at some small fiddly task and thinking that after this I'll do these other things and then I can get back into that book again and then, DANG!! that hurt, wonder if I ought to get stitches. Serves me right; woolgathering. Again.
Don't know what's coming after this, but I would sure would like to talk to him again, he was a good old man.
Best Wishes, Rob   

My earlier note may have been missed, so I'll raise it again.

Regarding this stove...  I like the idea of it burning natural things, the weight of it, and not having to pack gas. BUT I wonder how it does on those days (we've all had them) when it's cold and everything is absolutely soaking wet.  Starting a fire in this stove with wet leaves, etc....  Anyone have experience with the littlbug stove in this situation?

prouboy

Also, always a good idea to have dry kindling along with you that you've gathered on your travel...scraps of birch bark, etc. Doesn't weigh much, can be tucked into a pocket. Obviously, if you've got a week of rain and are travelling through it, that isn't so easy to sustain.

Those conditions are exactly why IMHO anyone who wants/needs a fire brings a small saw big enough to cut a piece of downed wood that even if wet will have a dry center (heart).

Something to split it and initially a fire starter of some kind to get things going.
Birch bark is great and If you run across some, it's a good idea to stash some in a zip lock.

I'm partial to my paraffin wax/ dryer lint/ cardboard egg carton homemade firestarters.
I've added a trick b-day candle center wick to give it a little extra bang.

The magnesium powder in the candlewick makes these burn hot/fast, enough to light even the wettest wood, but the dryer the fuel source the less smoke, although if the bugs are bad, excess smoke might be a good thing..

Here's a quick tutorial of how I make my "enhanced" wax/lint fire starters.
Sorry I don't have pics.

Melt 1 lb paraffin wax. It's extremely flammable, so to be safe, do it this way.
Take a large tin coffee can that is bent in enough to form a pouring spout.
Put wax in can and set in large pan of boiling water to melt wax.

Take a CARDBOARD egg carton and in each section put a piece of dryer lint.
I roll some in a ball between my palms, you want a piece about the size of a large marble.
Have the lint in place in all sections before you add the melted wax.

While wax is melting, take those trick b-day candles that you can buy in party shops or even a good supermarket. There the kind that you can't blow out no matter how you try.
Cut each candle in half.

Pour wax into carton molds and wait till it starts to set, but not to long and stick the candle straight into the center of fire cube. You want it to get into the lint ball. It should stay straight up unless the wax is to hot.

Let them cool and tear into individual sections. Leave the cardboard on. I put a few in a zip lock bag and put one bag in all my packs.
Build a small tepee of little twigs/branches with fire starter under/inside it.
Light the candle and as the magnesium ignites it sets the small candle melting which ignites the dryer lint which sets the paraffin going. It burns very hot.
Will light wet wood and get the base going for a bigger fire.

I think in a pinch it would burn hot/long enough to heat water in small cup/pot for a quick warm-up in an emergency.