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Fear of bees. Depiction of a beekeeper wearing protective equipment while handling bees. The fear of bees, also known as apiophobia, apiphobia, or melissophobia, is a specific phobia triggered by the presence or apprehension of bees. It is a variation of entomophobia, a fear of insects. The phobia arises primarily from a fear of bee stings.
Spheksophobia. Specialty. Psychiatry. The fear of wasps (or wasp stings), technically known as spheksophobia, is a relatively common type of specific phobia. It is similar to fear of bees (which is often called apiphobia or melissophobia). Both are types of entomophobia, which is itself a category of zoophobia. [ 1][ 2][ 3][ 4]
Many arthropods bite or sting in order to immobilize their prey or deter potential predators as a defense mechanism. Stings containing venom are more likely to be painful. Less frequently, venomous spider bites are also associated with morbidity and mortality in humans. Most arthropod stings involve Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, and bees).
Black widow spider bites. What they look like: When a black widow spider bites, it typically causes a painful pinprick sensation. The site of the bite then swells slightly and forms a red rash ...
Infection signs, such as redness spreading, pus, increasing pain and fever. Systemic symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, dizziness, muscle spasms or weakness. Unusual signs, like blistering ...
From ticks to spiders to bed bugs, here’s what the most common bug bites look like in photos, the symptoms to know, and whether or not they can be dangerous.
Amber to brown translucent alternating with black stripes. [a]Exact pattern and colouration varies depending on strain/breed. Yellow with black stripes, sometimes with olive, brown, orange-brown, red,[1]white, or as in Bombus pratorum, dark. [2] Dusty yellow to dark brown or black. Black and opaque bright yellow stripes.
Take that feeling and multiple it by 10, and you've got the aftermath one woman recently faced after being stung by a paper wasp. With over 22 species of paper wasps in North America alone, the ...