Last Updated on: 22nd November 2023, 06:09 pm
While some people have a genuine and obvious dislike for each and every insect, there are many people who love and care for them. Whether you fall in either of these two categories or anywhere in between, it is necessary to be careful and guarded while coming across or dealing with stinging Insects.
Stinging insects have a sting or stinger at the end of their abdominal sections, at their posteriors. These groups of insects include hornets, bumble bees, honey bees, wasps, yellow jackets as well as some species of ants. Although not all of them will needlessly sting people, most of them will.
The sting, also called the aculeus, is connected to the venom sac of the insect and is actually a modified and evolved egg laying tube. Thus, it is mostly the female insects that will sting any person. Most insects are capable of stinging people multiple times at once, though the person may not even realize it. One of the handful of common exceptions to this is the honey bee. These bees only sting once and will most probably die soon after.
Singing insects can prove to be quite harmful as well as dangerous. It is essential and recommended to know the basic remedies and effects of an insect sting. Most of the settings will have the same symptoms. These largely include swelling, redness and slight pain around the sting. But some insects are highly venomous and can prove to be deadly.
The location of the sting is another factor that can affect the danger and hazards of an insect sting. Stings on or around the neck can cause extremely severe swelling that can make breathing very hard and painful. Being stung anywhere around the eye can cause major swelling that can make it impossible and painful to even open that particular eye.
Not only in residential areas, even in commercial places, parks, warm and cozy restaurants are getting disturbed with stinging insects most frequently.
In such a situation, it is best to drop whatever you had been doing and get to some place safe and preferably less crowded. If you had been driving any vehicle when you were stung, pull over and if possible, try to call someone else. If you had been on a ladder or any other high platform, get down calmly and safely, and proceed to get away from the nest of the stinging insects.
Stinging Insects can be found almost anywhere and they vary in their species due to the climate, weather and geographical locations. But if insects are common in your locality, it may be common and simple enough to find nests of stinging insects in the following locations –
- Walls
- Attic
- Hollow trees
- Bushes and shrubs
- Abandoned vehicles or tires
- Crates, boxes etc
If you get any indication of an insect nest being in such a place, it will be best to avoid that area and especially remember to not deal with the nests by yourself or alone. The most appropriate course of action would be to call London pest control services for removing and eliminating the pests and their nests.
