The NHS has released a comprehensive list of the insect bites you could potentially suffer as temperatures rise across the UK. The joys of summer often see millions of Brits flocking outdoors to bask ...

With temperatures soaring over the past few weeks, many of us have been spending more time outdoors, making the most of the warm weather. But while barbecues and picnics are summer highlights, all ...

Growing up, whenever I had mosquito bites, they quickly became itchy, inflamed bumps on my skin. One summer, a bite on my foot got so bad I couldn’t wear anything but open-toed shoes for the greater ...

Growing up, mosquito bites quickly became itchy, inflamed bumps on my skin. One summer, a bump on my foot got so bad I couldn’t wear anything but open-toed shoes for the greater part of a week. Cold ...

“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 distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

Having an itchy bug bite can drive you nuts and make you willing to do anything to resolve it. Thankfully, there are several bug bite treatments to soothe the scratching. While most of these ...

Both bug bites and hives can cause red, itchy bumps on your skin. While it can be difficult to tell them apart, learning key features and characteristics of each can help. Hives and bug bites are ...

The Bug Bite Thing is an inexpensive tool that comes recommended by our resident bug-bite expert, Lauren Ro. (“Mosquitoes have loved to feast on my blood for as long as I can remember,” she writes.) ...

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 ...

Bed bug bites often appear in zig-zag lines or clusters of three or more bites, and may take up to 14 days to appear. Scratching them can lead to secondary skin infections, which may require ...