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What are bites and stings?
A bite is an injury caused by an animal, such as a mammal or insect, that breaks the skin. A sting is a puncture wound made by insects or marine animals.
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Do bees sting and bite or just sting?
Usually, bees don't bite, they sting. However there are a couple of varieties of stingless bee which, as its name implies, can't sting. They don't bite as such but have been known to grip hairs in...
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Can insect bites and stings be prevented?
Insect repellant can help prevent insect bites and stings. Those with concentrated amounts of DEET stay effective longer.
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Do earwigs sting or bite?
Some earwigs have defensive glands on the second or third abdominal segment that release a foul-smelling liquid, and they can squirt this fluid up to 4 in, but I can find no evidence that they sting...
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Do mosquitos bite or sting?
They bite.