Other Bites & Stings

Anyone who has been bitten by chiggers or scabies knows they cause intense itching and discomfort. Chiggers and scabies, however, are two distinct types of mites. They attack humans and animals...

Scabies and chigger bites are both painful conditions caused by microscopic mites. Scabies is an itchy skin condition resulting from contact with eight-legged mites and is usually spread quickly...

Chigger bites are the bane of outdoor campers and backyard barbecue afficionados. This wee pest--less than 1/150th of an inch in diameter--is the larval form of the Trombiculidae mite. Contrary to...

Harvest mites, most commonly known as "chiggers", have a bite that itches more than any other common insect bite. Worse still, the bites are harder to treat than others, and can last for...

Mites, or Sarcoptes scabei, can lead to a skin infestation known as scabies. Commonly referred to as a sexually transmitted disease, the infestation is transmitted by close skin to skin contact as...

Scabies are one of the nastiest little biting bugs around. They burrow under your skin, which sounds like something out of a horror movie. It feels like something out of a horror movie or a really...

There is nothing worse than trying to enjoy the great outdoors and having to fend off the biting, stinging insects. In addition to the swelling and itching that accompanies these bites, many...

If you’ve ever had the displeasure of being the recipient of chigger bites, you know they're enough to put you over the edge quite quickly. The sensation is comparable to that of itchy...

I have been stung by many wasps and have handled it well. Once i got stung so bad that it swelled up bigger then a baseball.

Sea lice bites are a common occurrence for those who swim in the Caribbean Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the waters off the coast of the Eastern and Western United States. Sea lice are tiny...

Chiggers are the larvae of harvest or scrub mites. The mites go through four life cycle stages: eggs, larvae, nymphs and adults. They are only parasitic in the larval stage. The larval mite will...