INSECT bites are a not-so-pleasant souvenir many of us bring back from our holidays. And it can often be hard to figure what kind of creepy crawly has left us with such a memento. Please provide a ...

A backpacker was left horrified after a flea and hundreds of eggs burst out of his foot following a trip to Tanzania. Geography graduate Matthew O’Donnell, 22, was unaware a tiny chigoe flea had ...

Be careful what you bring back home with you on your travels. Matthew O'Donnell had the surprise of his life when a tiny lump near his right small toe suddenly burst and an African flea tumbled out ...

A British man returning home after a stint of volunteer work in Africa discovered he'd brought back more than he bargained on when a parasitic bug and a hundred of its eggs crawled out of his right ...

The tiny chigoe flea managed to burrow into Matthew O'Donnell's skin as he walked around Tanzania in flip-flops. The geography graduate, 22, had no idea it was nesting in his flesh and feeding off his ...

Also known as chigoe or sand fleas, the pests often go for your feet and ankles and leave you with a line of itchy, red bites that mask something even more gross Also known as chigoe or sand fleas, ...

A university graduate who travelled to Tanzania on a backpacking holiday returned to find hundreds of flea eggs bursting out of his foot. Matthew O'Donnell, 22, didn't notice that a chigoe flea had ...