Insect bites and stings Insect bites and stings Insect bites and stings occur when an insect is agitated and seeks to defend itself through its natural defense mechanisms, or when an insect seeks to feed off the bitten person. Some insects inject formic acid, which can cause an immediate skin reaction often resulting in redness and swelling in the injured area. Stings from fire ants, bees, wasps and hornets are usually painful, and may stimulate a dangerous allergic reaction called anaphylaxis for at-risk patients, and some wasps can also have a powerful bite along with a sting. Bites from mosquitoes and fleas are more
Cricket (insect) as calcium, to provide a balanced diet for predators such as tree frogs (Hylidae). Cricket characters feature in the Walt Disney animated movies "Pinocchio" (1940), where Jiminy Cricket becomes the title character's conscience, and in "Mulan" (1998), where Cri-kee is carried in a cage as a symbol of luck, in the Asian manner. The Crickets was the name of Buddy Holly's rock and roll band; Holly's home town baseball team in the 1990s was called the Lubbock Crickets. "Cricket" is the name of a US children's literary magazine founded in 1973; it uses a cast of insect characters. The sound