Abstract

This chapter provides a variety of methods for the identification of bloodsucking and venomous arthropods. These methods are recognition of the bug from pictures, methodical identification from specific characters in a key, consultation with a professional entomologist, and recognition from the nature of the bite. The chapter includes both illustrations as line drawings and color photos of the pests. Arthropods in the chapter include: mites, ticks, lice, bed bugs, kissing bugs, sand flies, biting midges, black flies, mosquitoes, snipe flies, horse flies, tsetse flies, stable flies, fleas, scorpions, spiders, centipedes, ants, wasps, and bees.

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