Insects

Biting insects are repelled by tea tree oil and orange oil.......BUT. these oils could be "toxic" to your dog if not diluted properly (depending on weight). I recommend checking with your vet. You may be able to make a simple spray solution for your dog's coat/skin....good luck!

lightening bug

Do Boll Weevils Bite Humans! I will begin by telling the story. Recently I few days ago I returned from a hunt in Amarillo Texas to my home in Tennessee. Leaving my equipment bag on a chair in my bedroom for a few days. For about the past three nights I have been waking in the mornings with new bites each night. Thinking it to be a flea since our Labrador sleeps with us, I inspected her very closely. No fleas! This afternoon while inspecting the bed for the evening, "guess what I found"! Yes a small Boll Weevil in the center of the bed under the covers that had been injured probably by the dog jumping on the bed. I identified it via the Internet as confirming it was a boll weevil. Assuming that he had to be the culprit! It would seem that due to a lack of possible moisture or food he chose me as a host and left some nasty bites looking like the worst mosquito bite or flea bite you have ever had, not to mention the itch unmercifully. Even after using after-bite and other remedies. Can't advise about the poisonous section of this question, guess I will find out! However the itch is tremendous! LT.

Bed Bugs cannot get INSIDE a water bed or else they would become dead bugs. However they can thrive in the cracks and spaces between the sheets and the bed and the bed and the frame. Not to mention throughout the room.

Bugs have existed on earth for over 435 million years.

To protect their survival. They lay many eggs because their enemies may eat up the eggs so they lay many eggs so even if their enemies eat up some of their eggs, they will still have some more eggs to continue their species.

Yes there is. One is the famous brain eating amoeba.

when a butterfly first comes out of a chrysalis it wings are wet and it cant fly. It vibrates so its wings can dry

An insect that is found in human hair and has clear wings is lice. Lice live in human hair and have a wing like appearance.

No. Spittle bugs are not harmful to you, however they can be to plants on extremely rare occasions.

In fact, the foam they produce repels ants. Elsewhere on the Internet, I read that this foam is not irritating to living tissue, but that its repellent effect comes from attackers (ants that like to eat the spittle bug nymphs) "tasting" the foam with their antennae. Perhaps it would also deter mosquitoes? It might also be useful as a lubricant.

Before you go playing with it, remember when you were a kid and you held a bug in your hand and it messed on you? Kind of gross, but not all that gross? Birds, for example, eat insects whole, whether or not the insect has recently gone number 2. Why do I bring this up? Because the spittle bug makes the foam from its excrement. Yeah, they're insects, so they have no qualms about playing with their offal and burying themselves in it. Evolution may have played a role because spittle bugs that didn't do this were far more likely to get eaten by ants.

Butterflies are usually active during the day and moths are usually active at night.

A bug that has 3 body parts and 6 legs and antennae is called an insect. The insect you're talking about with a striped lower Body Part is probably a bee, or a wasp.

usally around 5 or later

a millipede is more dangerous

A no-see-um is a gnat that is so tiny you can barely see it.

You could take a bat or shower.

Use deodorants

Change your cloths and sox more regularly.

If the above do not work and people still comment then you could have a medical condition and you should consult a doctor

You are thinking of the cyclical or 17-year cicada. They are large, plant-feeding insects which have clear wings and are known for making a very loud noise.
It is not clear why this insect comes out every 17 years, but scientists believe it has something to do with survival. As billions of cicadas emerge at about the same time, it is impossible for predators to have a significant effect. Birds may eat their fill of cicadas, but how many can they eat in a month?
Cicada juveniles are called 'nymphs' and live underground, sucking root fluids for food. During the 17 years, they go through five different stages, growing from the size of an ant to almost as large as an adult. (25-50mm). In the spring of the 17th year, the nymphs construct an exit hole about ½ inch in diameter to the surface then emerges at sunset, finds some vegetation, and molts into an adult. After about a week the cicada becomes active.
Cicadas are harmless to humans and animals but do some damage to trees. After mating, the female lays eggs on outside branches of many trees such as dogwood, crabapple, oak, and maple. At the point where the eggs are laid, extending to the tip of the branch, the branch will usually die. When hundreds of cicadas invade a tree, the dead branches will show up about a month later. Although unsightly, this damage is minor and the tree will recover. However, newly planted trees could possibly be killed if enough damage is done.

Many beetles including ticks are black. It all depends on the sze of the bettle and what it looks like. Although you may be looking at a dung beetle. If it is bigger then most bugs.

metamorphosis. The change from one form to another.

flies eat bacteria and crumbs. they don't do much to hurt the environment.

wait until they go to sleep at night, and pour gasoline down the hole, i dont know if it drowns them or if it burns them to death but it works either way ps: dont do it in daytime or they will swarm and sting the heck out of you

they have an outer coat which is very strong and they have sharp claws

There are several kinds of bugs that are big and brown with a hard shell. However, you are probably thinking of the American cockroach, which is one of the most well known pests.

They feed on the pollen that is produced by the anthers and the pistil