Other Arthropod Bites By Robert A Barish, MD, MBA, University of Illinois at Chicago; Thomas Arnold, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Reviewed / Revised Jan 2022 | Modified Sep 2022 View Patient Education Treatment The more common biting non-tick arthropods in the US include Sand flies Horseflies Deerflies Blackflies Stable flies Mosquitoes Fleas Kissing bugs Lice Bedbugs Wheel bugs Certain water bugs All of these arthropods, except wheel bugs and water bugs, also suck blood, but none is venomous.