Some of the insects you should watch out for when you go camping or hiking in the wilderness are mosquitos, ticks, biting flies, horse flies, bees, and spiders.

If you ever go camping or hiking in the wilderness you should always have some sort of bug repellent, preferably Deet. It is one of the best insect/bug repellents that you can buy. If you are allergic to Deet you can put it on the outside of your clothing and it will work just as good. When you go camping or hiking you need to wear tight clothes so bugs can't eat through them. Bugs can eat through loose fitting clothing and loosely woven fabric. In addition, try to wear light colored clothes, because mosquitos are not as attracted to them. Also wear shirts with cuffs and try tucking your pants into your socks.

If you get stung by a bee and want to relieve the pain you can chew up some tobacco (hopefully you won't have any with you because the effects of tobacco are far worse than a bug bite or sting!) and put it over where you have been stung. You can also put baking soda and water over the sting to remove the pain. Mud will also work.

If you ever find a tick on you or someone else's body, it is important to remove it immediately. Ticks can cause Lyme Disease. Click here for info on Lymes Disease. The best way to remove a tick is to put Vaseline where the tick is. The Vaseline suffocates the tick which will make it come up for air so you can easily pull it off. You can also use rubbing alcohol, nail polish, or pull it out with tweezers. The tweezers way is not very safe because you can leave the head in the skin and that area can get infected.