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The Bug Bite Guide

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Fire Ants

Bites from a fire ant typically produce a pustule, or a pimple-like sore, that is intensely itchy and painful. They may cause serious reactions in people who are allergic to them.

Fire ants inject their venom by using their mandibles (the biting parts of their jaw) and rotating their bodies. Injection of venom may occur many times.

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Insect bites often result in redness and swelling. What mark do different bugs leave? Insects usually don't bite unless provoked, their protection against harm, but when you wake up to a mystery raised-red bump who is the culprit? Use this guide to decipher the bug bite code.

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One bite me and how do you treat it?

October 23, 2017 - 8:57pm

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