Odd Bug Bites..Please Help ID..
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Posted by Marae on September 06, 2005 at 13:08:12:
I know you guys get questions like this daily! Sorry if this is a typical Q..but I am being bitten by something and have no idea what it is. Bugs love me normally, if there is a spider or mosquito in the house, it finds me! However these bites are different from the typical spider or mosquito bite. They are small round and a bit harder. They appear to sometimes have a whiter center (almost like a pimple), but there is no 'lesion' opening in the center, no visible blood, no ring or halo or anything like that surrounding it. It is just a small, hardish, raised, reddish bump though some are flatter than others, almost just like a small welt. They are 99.9 centered on my feet, ankles and legs. I did get three on my hands and arms over the weekend. They itch for a few days but after about 3-4 days they flatten out and are healing. I have gotten about 15-20 so far in the last 5-6 days. I thought they may be biting me at night so we went nuts and cleaned the whole bed and mattresses, flipping them back and forth, washing, vacuuming etc. We are pretty clean typically though. We also have a dog and thought maybe she had gotten fleas, but we inspected her and found nothing and also she sleeps with us at night and I have always read that fleas prefer the dog host rather than a human. She has no bites that I can find. Lastly, I saw some flea pictures online and my bites are not as 'centered' as these seem to be...aka I may have a 'line' of 5 bites but they are spaced out. We did have a few baby spiders that were roaming around our master bathroom/tub and also found 2 in the bed, about 2 weeks ago. I thought maybe they were blowing in from outside (they were tiny)..could they be doing this? We haven't really seen any since 2 weeks ago. We just got home from a Florida trip last Monday and thought maybe we had brought something home with us? I did find 2 dead ants in my suitcase while unpacking. Could something like an ant be doing this? Why would I still be getting bitten at night if we cleaned the whole bed and vacuumed the whole room? And mostly on my feet and legs? Though I did get 2-3 bites on my hand and arm during the DAY. Anyhow, any insight is appreciated. I can also take photos if that will help. I looked online and my bites don't seem to be bedbug or flea or typical spider but who knows! I am thinking possibly these baby spiders but don't know where they'd be hiding. My husband thinks maybe it was something from FL? I am at my wits end, I get 2-3 new bites a day and have no idea WHAT to do. I hesitate to do any sort of bomb in the house, how safe are those for us and our dog and does it leave residue in clothes or what? I have never had to do anything like that before. Suggestions appreciated!
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