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The typical diets of wasps largely include other insects and arachnids. Wasps also feed on sweet liquids like nectars.

When feeding at night, bed bugs attack exposed areas like arms and legs resulting in mild to serious itching.

Home remedies for trapping and eliminating roaches have been around for years and may include sticky traps and jar traps.

Tick bites frequently produce blisters or rashes on the skin of the victim.

Mosquitoes and other biting and stinging insects know how to turn a lovely day outdoors into a pestering situation.

Check for bed bugs when you get to your holiday destination and return home Atlanta-based pest control leader Orkin reminds holiday travelers to look out for bed bugs because they can be a threat to you and your home, whether you are staying at a five-star hotel, visiting relatives or have friends and family visiting you.

Once inside a hotel or home, bed bugs can spread rapidly from room to room.

Bed bugs are not capable of flying and do not have wings and unlike some other insects they cannot jump long distances. Bed bugs accomplish their movement by crawling and climbing everywhere.

Bed bugs are blood-sucking insects that rely on humans for meals.

The surprising answer is that they do not. They also are not known to jump, but they can climb and crawl, though the speed of crawling and climbing will depend on the surface they are on.