Oak mites? Oak mites!

[cantunamunch]

My wife and I each have 3 or 4 unexplained welts on our torsos. We thought they might be spider bites, but kind of weird that we'd both get them same week; i e, last week. We live in Wash DC area.

The ones in bendy areas (knees, waist, hips) are the worst. Garh. I'm taking a swim week.

 

[Rudi Riet]

My wife and I each have 3 or 4 unexplained welts on our torsos. We thought they might be spider bites, but kind of weird that we'd both get them same week; i e, last week. We live in Wash DC area.

They're likely oak mites. They bite anywhere and everywhere. Clothing is not a deterrent, nor is insect repellent.

 

[Jim Kenney]

We do a lot of gardening and do our own yard work and have oaks on/near the property.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Mighty mites. Spider mites in the garden obliterate things every Spring.
The last 5 or 6 years before my retirement, my main building developed a large population of nesting swallows on the exterior walls, and along with them came a building wide infestation of avian mites, with many chewed/bitten ankles including mine. I didn't want to aggressively go after the adults, and chemical treatment of the building was out of the question (vertebrate and invertebrate animal research lab) but my daily morning routine included knocking down all the new nests; Monday's were tough - may have broken an egg or 2. Did manage to get the mites under control, though.

 

[Slim]

The ones in bendy areas (knees, waist, hips) are the worst. Garh. I'm taking a swim week.

So you can get Swimmer itch?

 

[cantunamunch]

So you can get Swimmer itch?

I have to watch what I ask for.

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