Comments on: Ladybug bites http://www.asianladybug.com/bites/ladybug-bites.html How to get rid of Asian Ladybugs! Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.asianladybug.com/bites/ladybug-bites.html#comment-16 admin Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:31:18 +0000 http://www.asianladybug.com/?p=41#comment-16 @<a href="#comment-15" rel="nofollow">guest</a>: As a general rule, it's not possible to identify the type of insect involved that may have caused a bite based on the bite itself. There is no data for this nor is it soon to happen. The main reason is that people in general can have such a wide range of reactions. In fact, some of my family members can be bitten by fleas, mosquitoes and biting horse flies without any trace or evidence to suggest they were bitten. I happen to get large welts that itch when bit yet they can let these pests bite and feed without any damage being done? My two brothers can actually let mosquitoes and horse flies feed on them to such a degree the bugs will burst full of blood and essentially kill themselves! Yet there is nothing on their skin afterwards but a bloody insect mess? Bizarre yet true. And because the Dr's and scientists have found this wide range of results in both the human and animal population following insect bites, trying to label and then use such labels as a way to identify the insect involved is just not possible. Now when you move to the "newer" pests like an Asian Lady bug, the data becomes even more limited and basically impossible to decipher. There are still many people (most people polled in fact) who would be surprised to hear a ladybug can bite let alone make a mark or cause a reaction. So at this time it's safe to say there is no data available to make a conclusive determination as to what could have caused the lesion your husband has developed. That being said, we know from customers calling and telling us that in fact they have a had a wide range of reactions including the following: ** Breathing difficulties when infestation gets bad ** Detectable odor that makes them sick ** Bad taste from the dust and feces left behind by active ladybugs ** Bite marks, blisters, pus oozing wounds, itching and rash But thus far no reports of "boil type" reactions. Let us know if you find out something conclusive that confirms in fact a ladybug caused this malady and we'll add it to the above list. @guest: As a general rule, it's not possible to identify the type of insect involved that may have caused a bite based on the bite itself. There is no data for this nor is it soon to happen. The main reason is that people in general can have such a wide range of reactions. In fact, some of my family members can be bitten by fleas, mosquitoes and biting horse flies without any trace or evidence to suggest they were bitten. I happen to get large welts that itch when bit yet they can let these pests bite and feed without any damage being done? My two brothers can actually let mosquitoes and horse flies feed on them to such a degree the bugs will burst full of blood and essentially kill themselves! Yet there is nothing on their skin afterwards but a bloody insect mess? Bizarre yet true. And because the Dr's and scientists have found this wide range of results in both the human and animal population following insect bites, trying to label and then use such labels as a way to identify the insect involved is just not possible.
Now when you move to the "newer" pests like an Asian Lady bug, the data becomes even more limited and basically impossible to decipher. There are still many people (most people polled in fact) who would be surprised to hear a ladybug can bite let alone make a mark or cause a reaction. So at this time it's safe to say there is no data available to make a conclusive determination as to what could have caused the lesion your husband has developed. That being said, we know from customers calling and telling us that in fact they have a had a wide range of reactions including the following:

** Breathing difficulties when infestation gets bad
** Detectable odor that makes them sick
** Bad taste from the dust and feces left behind by active ladybugs
** Bite marks, blisters, pus oozing wounds, itching and rash

But thus far no reports of "boil type" reactions. Let us know if you find out something conclusive that confirms in fact a ladybug caused this malady and we'll add it to the above list.

]]> By: guest http://www.asianladybug.com/bites/ladybug-bites.html#comment-15 guest Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:17:28 +0000 http://www.asianladybug.com/?p=41#comment-15 Do you have a picture or explaination of what a bite looks like? My husband has a boil type bite on him that we are wondering if this is what it is. We do have them in our house. Do you have a picture or explaination of what a bite looks like? My husband has a boil type bite on him that we are wondering if this is what it is. We do have them in our house.

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