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25-04-2003, 12:50 AM
1. What a Bedbug Is
A bedbug is a small, flat, reddish-brown bug that can be found in homes all over the world. It hides during the day and comes out during the night to look for blood. A bedbug has a special ingredient in its saliva that keeps blood from clotting while it's eating.
What a Bedbug Bite Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets bitten by a bedbug, the bite will feel itchy. Bedbug bites look like little red bumps and they can sometimes occur in a line on the body.
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2. What a Bee Is
Bee, or honeybee, is the word used to describe any flying insect that has wings and a stinger. But honeybees are really only one of a group of insects that includes wasps, hornets, fire ants and yellow jackets. Honeybees are light golden brown, and their bodies are covered with fuzz. They build nests in old trees and manmade hives. Wasps are reddish-brown and have skinny bodies, and they often make nests under the porches of buildings. Bald-faced hornets are black with white markings, and they build nests shaped like footballs in trees and shrubs. Yellow jackets have yellow and black stripes on their bodies. They make their nests in the ground or in old tree stumps.
What a Bee Sting Looks and Feels Like
If a person is stung by a honeybee, wasp, hornet, fire ant or yellow jacket, the sting will feel a lot like a shot at the doctor's office. The site of the sting will feel hot and it may itch. A red bump surrounded by white skin will develop around the sting, except for the sting of the fire ant.
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3. What a Black Widow Spider Is
The black widow spider is one of six poisonous kinds of spiders in the United States. It is part of the arachnid family, which includes not just spiders, but ticks, mites, and scorpions, too. Its body is about one-half inch long and it has long legs. The black widow spider is shiny and black with a red-orange or yellow mark in the shape of an hourglass on its stomach. Their favorite places are wood piles, tree stumps, trash piles, storage sheds, fruit and vegetable gardens, in stone walls, and under rocks. If they come inside, they will go to dark places like corners of closets, garages, or behind furniture.
What a Black Widow Spider Bite Looks and Feels Like
Black Widow Spiders are shy by nature and bite only when trapped, sat on, or accidentally touched. A person who gets bitten by a black widow spider might not know it right away, since the bite can sometimes feel like a little pinprick. After 30 to 40 minutes, though, the area of the bite will swell and hurt a lot.
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4. What a Brown Recluse Spider Is
The brown recluse spider is one of the poisonous kinds of spiders. It is part of the arachnid family, which includes not just spiders, but ticks, mites, and scorpions, too. It has long, skinny legs and is about one-half inch long overall. Its entire body is brown, except for a dark mark in the shape of a violin on its head. Its poisonous relatives may be gray, orange, reddish-brown, or pale brown. When they are outside, they like to spend time in piles of rocks, wood, or leaves. If they come inside, brown recluse spiders will go to dark closets, attics, or basements. They are non-aggressive and bite only when disturbed.
What a Brown Recluse Spider Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a brown recluse spider may not notice anything at first or only feel a little sting at first. After about four to eight hours, the sting will start to hurt a little more. It might look like a bruise or might form a blister surrounded by a bluish-purple area that turns black or brown and becomes crusty after a few days.
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5. What a Chigger Is
Chiggers are tiny and red and they are a type of mite. Mites aren't insects - they are arachnids and part of the same family as spiders, scorpions, and ticks. Chiggers are found all over the world in lots of places, including on land, in the water and on many creatures - even other bugs! Chiggers have tiny claws that allow them to attach tightly onto people and animals. They inject their saliva into the skin so that they can feed on the juices inside the skin cells. After a few days, the chigger will be done feeding and fall off a person's skin, leaving behind a red welt where it had once been.
What a Chigger Bite Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets bitten by a chigger, the bite will be very itchy. A chigger bite will cause a tiny red bump, which will get bigger and itchier as time goes on and may fill with fluid.
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6. What a Fire Ant Is
The most common and aggressive kind is the red imported fire ant, which is reddish-brown and measures about 1/8" long. Red imported fire ants live in colonies that first nest in the ground, and then create a mound of dirt over the nest. Red imported fire ants' nests can be found on lawns, in parks, on playgrounds, in fields, and in pastures. Some red imported fire ants create nests in walls of buildings.
What a Fire Ant Sting Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets stung by a fire ant will feel a sharp pain and burning. If a person steps on a fire ant mound, he will get a lot of stings at once, because he has disturbed the ants where they all live together. Each sting will turn into an itchy blister over the next day.
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7. What a Gnat Is
A gnat is sometimes also called a blackfly, even though it can be black or gray. It is a very tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin. Gnats are found anyplace in the world where there is a river or stream, because they lay their eggs in watery places. They need the blood of warm-blooded animals to survive. They can bite humans right through their clothes to get blood.
What a Gnat Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a gnat may not even know it at the time. But soon after, the area around the bite will start to swell up. There may be a little bit of blood coming from the bite. The bite will be very itchy and can be painful.
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9. What a Scorpion Is
A scorpion is part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, ticks, and spiders. Scorpions are about 3 inches long, with eight legs and a small pair of claws that look like crabs' claws. A scorpion's stinger is at the end of its long tail. Scorpions like to live in cool, damp places like basements, wood piles, and junk piles. They are usually nocturnal and are usually more active when it rains.
What a Scorpion Sting Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets stung by a scorpion, the area of the sting will get swollen and may change color, depending on the type of scorpion. More severe reactions from the venom involving other parts of the body also can occur.
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10. What a Mosquito Is
A mosquito is an insect that is found all over the world. There are thousands of different kinds of mosquitoes in many different sizes and colors. The female mosquito needs blood from vertebrates to lay eggs and produce more mosquitoes. She has a special part of her mouth that she uses to suck blood and her saliva thins the blood so she can drink it. In fact, it's the mosquito's saliva that makes the bites itch!
What a Mosquito Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a mosquito will notice a wheal, which is a bump around the bite. The wheal will be round, with pink or red around the edge and white in the middle. The wheal will itch a lot. Soon the wheal will disappear, but the itch will stay.
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A bedbug is a small, flat, reddish-brown bug that can be found in homes all over the world. It hides during the day and comes out during the night to look for blood. A bedbug has a special ingredient in its saliva that keeps blood from clotting while it's eating.
What a Bedbug Bite Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets bitten by a bedbug, the bite will feel itchy. Bedbug bites look like little red bumps and they can sometimes occur in a line on the body.
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2. What a Bee Is
Bee, or honeybee, is the word used to describe any flying insect that has wings and a stinger. But honeybees are really only one of a group of insects that includes wasps, hornets, fire ants and yellow jackets. Honeybees are light golden brown, and their bodies are covered with fuzz. They build nests in old trees and manmade hives. Wasps are reddish-brown and have skinny bodies, and they often make nests under the porches of buildings. Bald-faced hornets are black with white markings, and they build nests shaped like footballs in trees and shrubs. Yellow jackets have yellow and black stripes on their bodies. They make their nests in the ground or in old tree stumps.
What a Bee Sting Looks and Feels Like
If a person is stung by a honeybee, wasp, hornet, fire ant or yellow jacket, the sting will feel a lot like a shot at the doctor's office. The site of the sting will feel hot and it may itch. A red bump surrounded by white skin will develop around the sting, except for the sting of the fire ant.
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3. What a Black Widow Spider Is
The black widow spider is one of six poisonous kinds of spiders in the United States. It is part of the arachnid family, which includes not just spiders, but ticks, mites, and scorpions, too. Its body is about one-half inch long and it has long legs. The black widow spider is shiny and black with a red-orange or yellow mark in the shape of an hourglass on its stomach. Their favorite places are wood piles, tree stumps, trash piles, storage sheds, fruit and vegetable gardens, in stone walls, and under rocks. If they come inside, they will go to dark places like corners of closets, garages, or behind furniture.
What a Black Widow Spider Bite Looks and Feels Like
Black Widow Spiders are shy by nature and bite only when trapped, sat on, or accidentally touched. A person who gets bitten by a black widow spider might not know it right away, since the bite can sometimes feel like a little pinprick. After 30 to 40 minutes, though, the area of the bite will swell and hurt a lot.
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4. What a Brown Recluse Spider Is
The brown recluse spider is one of the poisonous kinds of spiders. It is part of the arachnid family, which includes not just spiders, but ticks, mites, and scorpions, too. It has long, skinny legs and is about one-half inch long overall. Its entire body is brown, except for a dark mark in the shape of a violin on its head. Its poisonous relatives may be gray, orange, reddish-brown, or pale brown. When they are outside, they like to spend time in piles of rocks, wood, or leaves. If they come inside, brown recluse spiders will go to dark closets, attics, or basements. They are non-aggressive and bite only when disturbed.
What a Brown Recluse Spider Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a brown recluse spider may not notice anything at first or only feel a little sting at first. After about four to eight hours, the sting will start to hurt a little more. It might look like a bruise or might form a blister surrounded by a bluish-purple area that turns black or brown and becomes crusty after a few days.
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5. What a Chigger Is
Chiggers are tiny and red and they are a type of mite. Mites aren't insects - they are arachnids and part of the same family as spiders, scorpions, and ticks. Chiggers are found all over the world in lots of places, including on land, in the water and on many creatures - even other bugs! Chiggers have tiny claws that allow them to attach tightly onto people and animals. They inject their saliva into the skin so that they can feed on the juices inside the skin cells. After a few days, the chigger will be done feeding and fall off a person's skin, leaving behind a red welt where it had once been.
What a Chigger Bite Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets bitten by a chigger, the bite will be very itchy. A chigger bite will cause a tiny red bump, which will get bigger and itchier as time goes on and may fill with fluid.
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6. What a Fire Ant Is
The most common and aggressive kind is the red imported fire ant, which is reddish-brown and measures about 1/8" long. Red imported fire ants live in colonies that first nest in the ground, and then create a mound of dirt over the nest. Red imported fire ants' nests can be found on lawns, in parks, on playgrounds, in fields, and in pastures. Some red imported fire ants create nests in walls of buildings.
What a Fire Ant Sting Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets stung by a fire ant will feel a sharp pain and burning. If a person steps on a fire ant mound, he will get a lot of stings at once, because he has disturbed the ants where they all live together. Each sting will turn into an itchy blister over the next day.
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7. What a Gnat Is
A gnat is sometimes also called a blackfly, even though it can be black or gray. It is a very tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin. Gnats are found anyplace in the world where there is a river or stream, because they lay their eggs in watery places. They need the blood of warm-blooded animals to survive. They can bite humans right through their clothes to get blood.
What a Gnat Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a gnat may not even know it at the time. But soon after, the area around the bite will start to swell up. There may be a little bit of blood coming from the bite. The bite will be very itchy and can be painful.
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9. What a Scorpion Is
A scorpion is part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, ticks, and spiders. Scorpions are about 3 inches long, with eight legs and a small pair of claws that look like crabs' claws. A scorpion's stinger is at the end of its long tail. Scorpions like to live in cool, damp places like basements, wood piles, and junk piles. They are usually nocturnal and are usually more active when it rains.
What a Scorpion Sting Looks and Feels Like
If a person gets stung by a scorpion, the area of the sting will get swollen and may change color, depending on the type of scorpion. More severe reactions from the venom involving other parts of the body also can occur.
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10. What a Mosquito Is
A mosquito is an insect that is found all over the world. There are thousands of different kinds of mosquitoes in many different sizes and colors. The female mosquito needs blood from vertebrates to lay eggs and produce more mosquitoes. She has a special part of her mouth that she uses to suck blood and her saliva thins the blood so she can drink it. In fact, it's the mosquito's saliva that makes the bites itch!
What a Mosquito Bite Looks and Feels Like
A person who gets bitten by a mosquito will notice a wheal, which is a bump around the bite. The wheal will be round, with pink or red around the edge and white in the middle. The wheal will itch a lot. Soon the wheal will disappear, but the itch will stay.
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