ENT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Entomophobia, Hymenoptera, Crab Louse
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Annoyance with no significant injury a. b. c. d. Screaming crickets, creepy crawlers, and ugly smelly smelly roaches. Level of annoyance varies with individual and insect. Entomophobia - an irrational fear of all insects, whether or not they pose a threat o. Delusional parasitoids - belief that non-existent insects are crawling on or biting on ii. Insects and other arthropods causing direct pain or medical problem a. Urticating"s hairs, sharp mandibles and spiny legs i. They seek us out and suck blood because they need protein. Most species only females bite because they need protein reserve to produce. Assassin bug, mostly eat other insects but has evolved to such blood from ve for spreading diseases. c. Untreated could kill someone but does not happen often. They eat the males in the process of mating. About size of a quarter, uniform brown color and have spoon marking o. They only have 6 eyes why others have 8 eyes.
