Talk:Insect bites and stings

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Treatment

A section including information about treatment and identification of what kind of bite would is quite crucial and would not be too hard a task to take on.DerBarJude (talk) 04:12, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bug bite redirect; secondary reactions, etc.

The colloquialism "bug bite" really does include tick bites and spider bites and it seems to be a mistake to redirect the term to insect bites and not have some sort of "Bug Bites" article which then branches off. One problem with this article and related articles about stings and bites is whether to be technically accurate or colloquially informative. On the one hand I favor technical accuracy -- a solitary bee ground aggregation is not the same as a wasp (yellowjacket) colony, etc., and a spider is not an insect. But there is a brush off both here and under bee sting that drops major chunks of information because the terminology is technically inaccurate. (I'm not quibbling with the spider bite article, but with the redirect; I am disagreeing with the bee stings article, but discussion on that will be there.)

There also seems to be a need to acknowledge the role of disease transmission, even if superficially, in this and / or the proposed Bug Bites article. Parts of the articles on Hematophagy and Vector_(epidemiology) could be included here or in the Bug Bites article. Insect STINGS are directly more reactive -- swelling for most, anaphylaxis for some. As noted, insect BITES are not venomous some bites are startling but probably safe (lady beetle e.g.), but many insect and arthropod BITES are responsible for significant transmission of disease -- fleas , ticks, mosquitos. Ticks, not being insects, are omitted here but can transmit disease and would be included under bug bites, as would be venomous spider bites.

GeeBee60 (talk) 14:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mosquito Bites

Mosquito bites should have its own article about the subject, like in other articles specifically about the bites/stings caused by insects, or mainly about the bites/stings the insects cause. (bee stings, bed bugs, etc.) Please let me know if this is possible.

Many thanks,

--Eye ay en (talk) 00:01, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

insects bites

good 196.249.92.167 (talk) 18:45, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm planning to merge this article with the Arthropods bites and stings article within the next few days. Please see the latter's talk page for my intended edits. Lightfixture13 (talk) 18:14, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]