Identifying Bug Bites

On It · ‎03-15-2021

This seems like a good reference. I hope no one needs it.

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

@On It That's a very good reference, thank you.💝

I sure hope I won't need it either, but I'm betting I will lol.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

Ouch!

Jk9 · ‎07-18-2013

I've seen 3 of those in person (just not the bed bug bite) and that's how they look. Probably will see again living out in the country!

If my dog doesn't like you, neither do I.

meallen616 · ‎01-10-2013

@On It,

Thanks for posting!

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

I need to save the pic since I have no clue what bug bites look like. I have heard about the bullseye with tick bites.

I have never had any of those bites. I'm sure I have probably been bit by a mosquito but never had a place on my body like that pic. They don't bother me. They do much worse to DH. They eat him up.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

Just to round things out, he should have added the Wasp bite, but I guess he ran out of space.

Thanks for this @On It

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

Having been bitten by bugs on both coasts, and have tried every topical bug bite product under the sun, my go-to relief is a paste of plain old baking soda and water.

Stops the itching and inflammation fairly quickly, and the price is right.

The only downside is if you put it on too thick the paste will fall off in crumbles as it dries, but ... so what?

When the itching won't stop and you scratch until it itches even more, baking soda crumbles on the floor is a very small price to pay for quick relief.

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Just to round things out, he should have added the Wasp bite, but I guess he ran out of space.

Thanks for this @On It

Oh! Getting stung by a wasp is the worst! A few summers ago, I got stung right on top of my head!

We have to spray a lot for wasps. I don't know why, but they tend to flock on our porches like crazy! They start building nests early around here. They're really tough to get rid of.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@cheriere wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Just to round things out, he should have added the Wasp bite, but I guess he ran out of space.

Thanks for this @On It
Oh! Getting stung by a wasp is the worst! A few summers ago, I got stung right on top of my head!

We have to spray a lot for wasps. I don't know why, but they tend to flock on our porches like crazy! They start building nests early around here. They're really tough to get rid of.

@cheriere

As a teenager, I had a nasty run-in with a wasp I was trying to help.

He was floundering badly on the surface of my little sister's kiddie pool. I thought he might drown, so I scooped him up and was about to toss him onto the grass when the ungrateful sucker BIT ME on my palm! The bite swelled and hurt badly for most of a week.

My father sympathized and said next time use a shovel from the sandbox or just let him drown. No good deed goes unpunished. lol