It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out.

This is usually followed soon after by an itching sensation. The dreaded fire ant is highly aggressive and its bite produces a slightly more intense skin response. According to Dr. Neha Pathak of ...

and itching will go away in a few days. However, there are some people (about 1% of the population) who are hypersensitive to the venom of fire ants, and while a single fire ant bite is unlikely ...

Do you know what chigger bites look like? The tiny mites — also called berry bugs — may leave behind small, itchy red bumps. While it's easy to confuse chigger bites for other types of insect ...