The Assassin Bug was the first bug to send me to the HOSPITAL! Join me as I recount my expedition into the wilderness of ...

A few years ago, my next-door neighbor expressed concern when she learned that I placed assassin bug eggs in my garden for ...

Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs, are a type of assassin bug that, unlike most assassin bugs, feed on the blood of (primarily) mammals, such as raccoons, armadillos, opossums, wood rats, ...

Kissing bugs, also known as eastern-cone-nose bugs or triatomine, can bite faces and infect humans with Chagas disease. Chagas is a parasitic infection that can cause fever, aches and, in severe cases ...

The insect realm is rife with creepy-crawlies, be they smelly stink bugs, sneaky weevils, or simply slimy cockroaches. Yet certain bugs are capable of wreaking havoc in the garden, destroying harvests ...

When it comes to identifying bug bites, even medical professionals can struggle. That’s because, regardless of what bit you, the characteristics are likely to be similar: pain, itching, swelling and ...