biting insects
Mosquitoes and fleas
Biting insects are those that pierce skin to feed on blood or tissue, including mosquitoes, flies, fleas, and bedbugs.
The term distinguishes them from stinging insects like bees and wasps, which inject venom defensively rather than feed.
Biting insects are vectors for diseases and common sources of itchy welts.
The biting insects were relentless at dusk.
- bedbugBlood-sucking mattress dweller
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- bug spraySubstance deterring biting insects
- horseflyBlood-drinking biting insect
- fleaBlood-drinking jumping pest
chigger · blackfly · kissing bug · fire ant · tsetse fly · midge · no-see-um · sandfly · tick · bloodsucking · velvet ant · gnat · assassin bug · deer fly · bullet ant · welt · skin irritation · biting
harm vs. benefit to humans
biting insectsbeneficial insects
Arthropods aiding agriculture
pollinators · ladybugs · honeybees · butterflies · praying mantises