Common Biting Insects

Course overview

Most people go through life without noticing insects unless they are irritated, bitten, or stung by one of them. Yet insects are the dominant and most successful animal life form on earth. They represent more than half of all known living organisms. This course describes four common biting insects that use human blood as a source of food. It will also include information on the brown recluse spider, a spider that is often blamed for skin lesions across the country, even in areas where none are known to exist (Vetter, 2018).