(Shhh Don't Tell Anyone, Promise?)
I'd only share this with you: I'm getting unexplained "bites" that seem to show up at around 8 pm as tiny but itchy red bumps. Immediately my mind goes to fleas. After all, I do have two large dogs and one part-time cat.
(He's part-time because after his sister died a few months ago, he spends a lot of time across the street visiting the two female cats that live there. All of the cats have been altered so it isn't sex driving him to "visit" so often, it must be a manifestation of his loss of his own sister.)
Back to the bites, I combed and brushed and analyzed all three furry bodies and couldn't find a flea. Doesn't mean a wayward flea hasn't made it's way into my home, but I'm ruling out fleas at this point. One, I know what a flea bite looks like, it's smaller and usually around my ankles. This is slightly bigger and found just about anywhere.
A quick Google search gave me the willies. Chiggers...it sounds like effing chiggers that are biting me! But when I read more I ruled out chiggers. Then I read up on bedbugs and scabies - terrifying until again, I ruled out these critters as not producing my particular type of bite.
I read the section on spider bites with my eyes closed. If I ever found out a spider was strolling over my body sampling my blood and flesh I would truly have to be tranquilized and I would insist on moving that day to a place where no spiders could live. Where that would be I don't know. I guess you can tell I am not a fan of spiders.
Just when I decided that there wasn't a single bug bite I could find listed that resembled the pattern of the ones I had, I found a site on Noseeums.
Noseeums are tiny biting flies or midges and they can fit through a screen (we keep our bedroom window open) and they live in an area similar to where I live and they love to bite during the month of May.
Great...somehow biting flies doesn't freak me out as much as some of the other possible bugs...so I will stick with Noseeums as the reason for the bites.
Or, like that boy in the fourth grade said to me: You have Cooties. So, whether it's Cooties or Noseeums -- at least it's not spider bites.
EW!
I'd only share this with you: I'm getting unexplained "bites" that seem to show up at around 8 pm as tiny but itchy red bumps. Immediately my mind goes to fleas. After all, I do have two large dogs and one part-time cat.
(He's part-time because after his sister died a few months ago, he spends a lot of time across the street visiting the two female cats that live there. All of the cats have been altered so it isn't sex driving him to "visit" so often, it must be a manifestation of his loss of his own sister.)
Back to the bites, I combed and brushed and analyzed all three furry bodies and couldn't find a flea. Doesn't mean a wayward flea hasn't made it's way into my home, but I'm ruling out fleas at this point. One, I know what a flea bite looks like, it's smaller and usually around my ankles. This is slightly bigger and found just about anywhere.
A quick Google search gave me the willies. Chiggers...it sounds like effing chiggers that are biting me! But when I read more I ruled out chiggers. Then I read up on bedbugs and scabies - terrifying until again, I ruled out these critters as not producing my particular type of bite.
I read the section on spider bites with my eyes closed. If I ever found out a spider was strolling over my body sampling my blood and flesh I would truly have to be tranquilized and I would insist on moving that day to a place where no spiders could live. Where that would be I don't know. I guess you can tell I am not a fan of spiders.
Just when I decided that there wasn't a single bug bite I could find listed that resembled the pattern of the ones I had, I found a site on Noseeums.
Noseeums are tiny biting flies or midges and they can fit through a screen (we keep our bedroom window open) and they live in an area similar to where I live and they love to bite during the month of May.
Great...somehow biting flies doesn't freak me out as much as some of the other possible bugs...so I will stick with Noseeums as the reason for the bites.
Or, like that boy in the fourth grade said to me: You have Cooties. So, whether it's Cooties or Noseeums -- at least it's not spider bites.
EW!
posted by mary bishop | 7:11 AM
6 Comments:
So I'm the only person with bugs, huh? Actually, my bug bites are just about gone. Hope everyone has a nice long weekend. I'm salivating for a hotdog done on the grill..yum!
Oh yeah, we have Noseeums, really. When they bite, it stings like a sonofabitch. If you wear white outside you are more likely to see the Noseeums. They usually bite me on my upperarms, I don't know why, even when mosquitoes don't bother me the Noseeums get me, I hate 'em.
Tonight, we're having bbq hamburgers but maybe I'll pick up some dogs on the way home. I'm back on Atkins again, no fun.
Have a great weekend Mary xoxoxox
I feel the same way about spiders as you do. They are the worst. I'm gladn you figured out what they are. At least its one less worry.
Hope you get your hot dog this weekend. Enjoy the holiday!
Dashababy...you are my hero...you have Noseeums too...notice how not another soul fessed up about bug bites...just you and me baby!
You have a great weekend...don't work too hard on the move ok?
xoxoxo back atcha!!
Lawbrat! your reply snuck in there...
Spiders really suck big time...too many legs.
I wish for you a completely pain free fun filled weekend!
xooxox to you too
spiders scare the crap out of me. i'm always getting bit although not of late. now watch, i'll get eaten alive for saying it. (=
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