Chigger and bed bug bites may look similar to the naked eye. They both feed off humans and can leave a trail of bumps on your skin. This can cause itchiness and overall skin irritation. However, this ...

“Chiggers are an outdoor biting pest. They feed once, and will not reproduce indoors and have continuous generations,” says entomologist Jody Green, at the University of Nebraska. They are typically ...

It can be jarring to discover you have a new bug bite, let alone several bug bites. And if it doesn’t look like you’re dealing with mosquito bites, it’s fair to wonder if you could have bed bug or ...

If you’re someone who thoroughly inspects the sheets whenever you enter a hotel or another accommodation where you didn’t clean the bedding yourself, you understand the completely valid aversion to ...

When you hear the words "bed bugs," you probably cringe. Sure, we've all heard of the creatures (the childhood rhyme, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite" might sound familiar to you ...

If you wake up in the morning and feel itchy in areas such as your hands, ankles, neck, face, arms, or abdomen, and you notice that the bites do not have a red spot in the center like most insect ...

Environment often indicates culprit, not appearance of bug bite alone. Mosquito, flea and bed bug bites remain most common across California. Clean, avoid scratching and monitor bites for infection or ...

Adult bed bugs are the typical image we see and think of when picturing the insect: a brown, long and flat oval-shaped body when hungry and a reddish-brown, balloon-like body after recently consuming ...