Creepy crawlies our housemates

Anyone passionate about insects should make a beeline to Tambaram college campus. The place is a veritable storehouse of insects of all hues ,shapes and sizes.Cannot identify them by scientific names;but can stick to general terms.We had glow worm,scorpions, caterpillars, giant ants, toads,lizards, bugs and beetles of numerous varieties.We used to identify scorpions as ones which will sting if it bites you and the harmless varieties. Never used to hassle us any bit.But these huge ants used to make a terrible nuisance of themselves. We used to be barefooted of course and generally loafing around in the garden most of the time. There were these giant ants black in colour, which used to attack our feet and it used to really sting and immediately that place will get swollen up.I used to chase that ant and squash it right there. But then they were not by any stretch endangered species and when i squash one there were millions of others lurking nearby, waiting for their chance!
And caterpillars. My god they were really creepy crawlies. And at the onset of the first showers of the season, used to micraculously erupt from the earth. I am talking about the tiny dark red caterpillars.They used to bunch together in millions and slowly move around like a red rolling rock.There were any number of the common black caterpillars all over the place, we used to ignore them.
And toads. My god they used to be millions of them in all nooks and corners and near the windows.You open a window without thinking and next minute you will hear a sound 'plop'.yes Mr Toad has made a safe landing on the ground. But only after spewing forth a fountain of his own homegrown liquid into the environment.
But then these bugs and beetes of unknown origin used to make a beeline to me while i am fast asleep. They used to leave their tell tale marks on my pretty face!Many a morning i have seen my face in the mirror and looked again as i could not fully comprehend what i saw.It used to be my lips which used to be swollen on one side; or my eyelids which which will be hanging heavily on one side ;and something my face would closely resemble moons surface.Used to be ragged quite a bit, why i am always the chosen one!!
I distinctly recall that no one at home(that includes me) who made a fuss about this;life used to carry on as before the insect bite!