Small red ants pose many dangers, from painful stings to food contamination. Learn prevention tips, eradication methods, and when to call a pest control professional to remove them....
Bug Bites
Learn to identify bald-faced hornets, treat their intensely painful stings properly at home and when to seek emergency care for allergic reactions....
Learn how to identify common disease-carrying ticks like deer, lone star, dog, and blacklegged ticks. Key details include size, coloring, markings, and bite signs....
Learn about treating bald faced hornet stings, including home remedies for pain relief, reducing swelling, methods to avoid an allergic reaction, and preventing future stings....
Discovering you have a bug in your belly button can be upsetting. Learn about the common culprits, symptoms, removal techniques, and prevention methods....
Learn whether bumblebees have stingers, why they sting humans, what their stings feel and look like, home treatment methods for stings and prevention tips....
The invasive Asian longhorned tick poses threats to livestock, pets, wildlife, and human health. Learn key facts like reproductive ability, disease risks, spread, and prevention....
Learn to recognize bee stings through photos identifying key features. Discover treatment options for reactions from ice to epinephrine along with anaphylaxis signs....
Learn what spider bite bruises look like from black widows, brown recluses, hobos and others. Get treatment tips and when to seek medical care for spreading bruises....
Learn how to tell the difference between a bee vs wasp sting. Understand venom reactions, pain levels, appearance of the sting site, and home treatment options....
Learn how to identify, treat, and prevent uncomfortable ant bites and stings. Understand symptoms requiring medical care for severe reactions....
Bumblebees can sting but rarely do unless highly threatened. Learn facts about their venom, what getting stung feels like, treating reactions, and smart precautions to take....
Skeeter syndrome involves serious allergic reactions to mosquito bites. Learn to identify symptoms like large welts and understand prevention, treatment and management....
Chiggers live throughout the Southern, Midwestern and Plains states, as well as coastal forests and fields. Learn how to identify, treat and prevent their painful bites....
Learn what happens to wasps after they sting humans and deploy their venomous toxins. Find out if wasps meet the same fate as bees along with sting treatment tips....
Black ants and other ant species can bite using their pinching jaws or sting using their abdomens. Learn how to identify ant bites and stings and get first aid relief tips....
Skeeter syndrome causes large, red, painfully itchy welts from mosquito bites due to a saliva allergy. Learn to identify this reaction and get relief tips....
Skeeter syndrome is a severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites causing large, red welts. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, and prevention of this mosquito bite allergy....
Wasps do not bite - they exclusively sting as a form of defense. Learn how to identify, treat, and prevent painful wasp stings....
Learn how to identify and treat a wolf spider bite. While rare, wolf spider bites can cause mild pain, swelling and red marks on day 1. Home treatment is often sufficient....
Learn how to identify tick bites, safely remove embedded ticks, spot symptoms of diseases like Lyme, and get medical care if you suspect infection after a bite....
Get your fill of the crucial mineral iron with these high-iron cereal picks, including raisin bran, instant oats and more. Plus absorption tips....
Learn if wasps die after stinging, how to treat a wasp sting, home remedies, signs of allergic reaction, and tips for preventing painful wasp stings....
Wasps have stingers and venom that causes a painful sting. Learn first aid for wasp stings, when to seek emergency care, home remedies, and how to prevent stings....
