What is The Difference Between Insect Bites and Stings?
Insect bites and stings can be split into two categories: venomous and non-venomous.examples of venomous insects are wasps, hornets, bees , ants and others.Non-venomous insects are usually mosquitoes, sand flies, chiggers, fleas, lice, bugs, ticks and others.Venomous insects attack as a defense mechanism, injecting painful, toxic venom through their stingers which is very painful and swollen up with redness, hives (itchy raised skin lumps), and swelling far away from the sting sites. While Non-venomous insects bite and usually inject anti-coagulant saliva in order to feed on your blood and cause terrible itching at the bitten areas.Non-venomous insects bite are not harmful but however, it can spread diseases like Malaria, Yellow Fever, Lyme disease, Typhus, and Encephalitis.
