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Some bugs bite us. Do you know which ones? Horseflies hang around This is a peacock butterfly. Mosquito bites are very itchy. ponds in forests. They Butterflies have a mouth In some countries they have very big eyes. like a straw. They can drink spread a serious disease OUCH! Their bites hurt! but not bite. called " Malaria“, but not in Britain.
Do they bite? (slide 2) Centipedes in Britain Green Shield Bugs don’t bite, Ticks drink blood from cannot bite hard enough but they can squirt stinky humans and animals. They to get through your skin. stuff on your hands! They’re can give you a serious illness green in summer and brown called Lyme disease. You can’t in autumn, like leaves. feel them bite.
Do they bite? (slide 3) Earwigs don’t bite, but Slugs have 27,000 teeth and Moths don’t bite. They fly they can hold your finger eat 40 times their weight in around at night. They drink with their pincers! They plants every day. They are liquid, like butterflies. only eat plants. harmless (unless you’re a plant).
Do they bite? (slide 4) Dragonflies don’t drink Tube Web Spider. All of the 650 Ladybirds eat smaller blood. If you scare them types of spider in Britain can insects. They only bite if they can bite, and it bite, but they hardly ever do. you scare them. They hurts A LOT! Spider bites are super painful don’t drink human blood. and poisonous.
TICKS • What illness can ticks give us? Britain’s most – Lyme disease dangerous mini-beast! • Baby ticks can bite us too, even though they are tiny. • Insects have 6 legs but arachnids have 8 legs. – Are ticks are insects or arachnids? – Ticks are arachnids.
Where do ticks hide? • Ticks climb up plants and catch on to people, dogs or other animals. BEHIND • Be careful of ticks EARS – in long grass and plants NECK – in the forest – sitting on grass BETWEEN THE ARMPIT • We can’t feel ticks walk on us or CHEEKS! bite us. BETWEEN BEHIND TOES • Ticks easily crawl inside clothes. KNEES • Ticks like biting our warmest parts.
• Ticks are like squeezy ketchup bottles What if a tick full of germs. If we squash them or bites me? poke them, we might squirt their germs into us. • Immediately ask a grown-up to remove a tick if you find one on you. – DON'T squash the tick. – DON'T brush the tick off with your hand. – DO pull the tick out without delay. – DO use a tick remover tool or pointed tweezers. – DO pull the tick straight upwards. – DO clean the bite with disinfectant
What does Lyme disease feel like? It often feels like flu. You might get a rash If a tick makes you sick, see You could get fevers, like this. It doesn’t the doctor! headache and feel hurt. very tired.
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