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Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. [1]
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles , although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. [ 1 ]
Ixodes scapularis is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for Ixodes pacificus, which is found on the west coast of the US), and in some parts of the US as the bear tick. [2] It was also named Ixodes dammini until it was shown to be the same species in 1993. [3]
"Fortunately, here in the Southeast, the black legged tick behaves very differently. We rarely get reports of black legged ticks on humans. They’re also known as deer ticks. They seem to prefer ...
However, mites are variable: as well as eight, there are adult mites with six or, like in Eriophyoidea, even four legs. [7] [8] While the adult males in some members of Podapolipidae have six legs, the adult females have only a single pair. [9] Arachnids are further distinguished from insects by the fact they do not have antennae or wings.
With their long, segmented bodies and dozens of legs, they’re not exactly cute and cuddly. But what if. If you have ever found a creepy-crawly creature in your home and thought to yourself ...
Trombicula, known as chiggers, red bugs, scrub-itch mites, or berry bugs, are small arachnids [2] (eight-legged arthropods) in the Trombiculidae family. In their larval stage, they attach to various animals and humans, then feed on skin, often causing itching and trombiculosis . [ 3 ]
Along with biting insects like chiggers, black flies, sand fleas, gnats, midges, and mosquitoes, ticks can latch onto an unsuspecting hiker and infect them with an array of lethal diseases, such ...