Insect sting allergy and significantly improves the quality of life of people affected by severe insect allergies. Insect sting allergy Insect sting allergy is the term commonly given to the allergic response of an animal in response to the bite or sting of an insect. Typically, insects which generate allergic responses are either stinging insects (wasps, bees, hornets and ants) or biting insects (mosquitoes, ticks). Stinging insects inject venom into their victims, whilst biting insects normally introduce anti-coagulants into their victims. The great majority of insect allergic animals just have a simple allergic response – a reaction local to the sting site which
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