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  2. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    Here are some of the mot common bug, insect and spider bites you might be dealing with — and insect bite pictures to help you figure out which bug is responsible. Tick bites Bull's eye rash (TODAY)

  3. Massive infestation of aggressive ants reported in Holmes ...

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    Huge infestation of Allegheny mound ants reported in Holmes County, Ohio. In August, a homeowner from Holmes County, which is roughly 50 miles southwest of Akron and 85 miles northeast of Columbus ...

  4. Chigger Bites: What They Look Like and How to Prevent and ...

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    What are chiggers? The chigger, also known as redbugs, jiggers, and harvest mites are the parasitic larvae form of a mite in the Trombiculidae family. They are nearly invisible at around 0.15 to 0 ...

  5. Arthropod bites and stings - Wikipedia

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    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). While ...

  6. Myrmecophagy - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile Iberian green woodpecker eating ants. Myrmecophagy is found in several land-dwelling vertebrate taxa, including reptiles and amphibians (horned lizards and blind snakes, narrow-mouthed toads of the family Microhylidae and poison frogs of the Dendrobatidae), a number of New World bird species (Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, flicker of genus Colaptes), and multiple mammalian groups ...

  7. Ant venom - Wikipedia

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    Stinging ants cause a cutaneous condition that is different from that caused by biting venomous ants. Particularly painful are stings from fire ants, although the bullet ant's sting is considered by some to be the most painful insect sting. [3]: 450 First aid for fire ant bites includes external treatments and oral medicines. [citation needed]

  8. Mosquitoes, bees, ticks and more: How to treat bites and ...

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    Here’s how to treat bites from bugs and lower the risk you’ll become their next meal. (Photo illustration: Ivana Cruz for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) (Photo illustration: Ivana Cruz for ...

  9. Leafcutter ant - Wikipedia

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    The only two other groups of insects to use fungus-based agriculture are ambrosia beetles and termites. The fungus cultivated by the adults is used to feed the ant larvae, and the adult ants feed on leaf sap. The fungus needs the ants to stay alive, and the larvae need the fungus to stay alive, so mutualism is obligatory.