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What Insect Caused These Bites?
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As the subject, I have numerous bites to ankles and lower legs. Start off itchy and irritating, but when you scratch the itch it turns into a larger red lump thats more itchy and sore and bleeds! Haven't spent much time in the garden so the blighters may not actually originate from there. Don't have pets and haven't consorted with any likely suspects recently. Anyone any ideas. Location is West Hull east yorkshire. TIA Phil |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
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TheScullster writes Hi all As the subject, I have numerous bites to ankles and lower legs. Start off itchy and irritating, but when you scratch the itch it turns into a larger red lump thats more itchy and sore and bleeds! Haven't spent much time in the garden so the blighters may not actually originate from there. Don't have pets and haven't consorted with any likely suspects recently. Anyone any ideas. Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. Do you have any standing water in the garden? That is where they lay their eggs, which hatch out into nymphs and the hey presto, lots of mozzies. -- June Hughes |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message . uk... Hi all As the subject, I have numerous bites to ankles and lower legs. Start off itchy and irritating, but when you scratch the itch it turns into a larger red lump thats more itchy and sore and bleeds! Haven't spent much time in the garden so the blighters may not actually originate from there. Don't have pets and haven't consorted with any likely suspects recently. Anyone any ideas. Location is West Hull east yorkshire. TIA Phil You may not have pets but they still sound a lot like cat flea bites, they are not usually interested in most people but will target others and of course are far more likely to be a problem if there is no cat to feed off! the egg stage is able to last a long time dormant in a house so its possible it was some predecessors cat. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message . uk... Hi all As the subject, I have numerous bites to ankles and lower legs. Start off itchy and irritating, but when you scratch the itch it turns into a larger red lump thats more itchy and sore and bleeds! Haven't spent much time in the garden so the blighters may not actually originate from there. Don't have pets and haven't consorted with any likely suspects recently. Anyone any ideas. Location is West Hull east yorkshire. TIA Phil Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Please don't suggest I give up my only recreation. Phil |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:59:51 +0000, June Hughes wrote:
Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. To cold for mozzies ATM. I'd go with the cat flea theory. Has the OP been anywhere that might have had a feline inhabitant. The feline doesn't have to be there and good have left a considerable time ago, the eggs will remain for a long time and hatch when a place is warmed up. They prefer a feline host but when hungry anything will do. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On Feb 7, 8:59 am, June Hughes wrote:
In message , TheScullster writesHi all As the subject, I have numerous bites to ankles and lower legs. Start off itchy and irritating, but when you scratch the itch it turns into a larger red lump thats more itchy and sore and bleeds! Haven't spent much time in the garden so the blighters may not actually originate from there. Don't have pets and haven't consorted with any likely suspects recently. Anyone any ideas. Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. Do you have any standing water in the garden? That is where they lay their eggs, which hatch out into nymphs and the hey presto, lots of mozzies. -- June Hughes I have had mosquito bites on legs and ankles from living near Cambridge but only in July/August. February is way too cold thankfully. There is one species (with striped legs; I kid ye not) that makes very itchy bites that blister but not bleed. Des |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
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Liquorice writes On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:59:51 +0000, June Hughes wrote: Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. To cold for mozzies ATM. I'd go with the cat flea theory. Has the OP been anywhere that might have had a feline inhabitant. The feline doesn't have to be there and good have left a considerable time ago, the eggs will remain for a long time and hatch when a place is warmed up. They prefer a feline host but when hungry anything will do. Yes, I expect you are right. Flea bites don't normally swell up to enormous sizes though. -- June Hughes |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On 7 Feb, 10:44, June Hughes wrote:
Yes, I expect you are right. Flea bites don't normally swell up to enormous sizes though. Depends how hungry they are - different people also get different reaction. And easy on the treatment - I'm sensitive ;o) La Puce |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On 7/2/07 10:44, in article , "June
Hughes" wrote: In message om, Dave Liquorice writes On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:59:51 +0000, June Hughes wrote: Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. To cold for mozzies ATM. I'd go with the cat flea theory. Has the OP been anywhere that might have had a feline inhabitant. The feline doesn't have to be there and good have left a considerable time ago, the eggs will remain for a long time and hatch when a place is warmed up. They prefer a feline host but when hungry anything will do. Yes, I expect you are right. Flea bites don't normally swell up to enormous sizes though. They can do if they're scratched and/or become infected. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message ... "JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Please don't suggest I give up my only recreation. Phil LOL !! Ask the owner of the dog maybe to check the animal? You can run a flea comb over it and see what you find :~) Jenny |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On 7/2/07 11:27, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:58:34 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:59:51 +0000, June Hughes wrote: Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. To cold for mozzies ATM. Not completely. As the local authority head biologist in Leiden found, mosquitoes can breed in your home. In his case they bred in water in a plant pot. We've had them trying to come in all winter - until the last couple of cold days. But the OP's ankle level bites sound more like fleas or sand flies! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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I twice caught cat-fleas while travelling in Chile. The first time I put on clean clothes, washed everything else and/or hung it out in the sun, and that did for them. The second time they must have got well into my sleeping-bag as that didn't work and I started getting bites on other parts of my body. I ended up spraying everything with flea-killer, then washing everything again, and that finally got rid of them. We have had a few insect bites at home a couple of weeks ago, (not flea-bites) and I was seeing clouds of insects out in the garden. There is something nasty in my garden that is bites me in early spring. Hopefully the recent weather will have corrected that. |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message ... "JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Bicycle clips. |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
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... On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:42:32 -0000, "BAC" wrote: You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Bicycle clips. and shoot the dog. -- Martin Something you do NOT do is shoot the German Shepherd dog. More faithful and rewarding than MOST of the human being specie I can think of many humans who should be shot. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On 7/2/07 16:42, in article , "BAC"
wrote: "TheScullster" wrote in message ... "JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Bicycle clips. A damned good bath for the dog, regular treatment with Frontline or similar and a stiffish word with the owner of the snooker club. The poor dog must be in constant torture, if these are fleas from him! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message
"JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! The flea bites I've had have always been very distinctive. They are about a quarter of an inch across with a brighter red dot in the middle and always flat - not raised at all. You could perhaps have a reaction to the bites and thus causing the lump or your scratching could be causing the raised welt and the bleeding. My scratching of flea bites has never caused my bites to do this but it could be so in your case. The description of the bites being on your ankles and lower legs could fit both fleas and anything else from either the garden or anywhere where you walk regularly (or even only the fact that this may be the only bit of exposed flesh that a bitey can find to bite???) So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Please don't suggest I give up my only recreation. The first thing to do would surely be to find out if any of the other snooker players have the same problem. If the snooker club is the source of the problem, you won't be the only one being bitten. If others at the club aren't being bitten then look for another place of origin. If it is the snooker club then the problem is easy - treat the dog regularly and set off a series of flea bomb treatments over a period of time to kill the live fleas and then the larvae and later ones emerging from eggs (they live in carpet and crack in flooring) |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
Thanks to all respondents thus far! Is it likely that I will now suffer an infestation in my house and further bites, or is it likely that the loss of appropriate host (ie dog) means that this will be an isolated case? Phil |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
On 8/2/07 12:22, in article ,
"TheScullster" wrote: Thanks to all respondents thus far! Is it likely that I will now suffer an infestation in my house and further bites, or is it likely that the loss of appropriate host (ie dog) means that this will be an isolated case? You *might* have brought a flea home with you but if you had, I'd expect you to have more bites at home. I think it's more likely the flea has hopped back to its preferred host! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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from Martin contains these words: On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:58:34 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:59:51 +0000, June Hughes wrote: Location is West Hull east yorkshire. Sounds like mosquitos. To cold for mozzies ATM. Not completely. As the local authority head biologist in Leiden found, mosquitoes can breed in your home. In his case they bred in water in a plant pot. -- Martin I occasionally get what I take to be mosquito at all time of the year, certainly in winter though perhaps not when it's quite as cold as this. I have often had them when I've only been in the house and I've definitely seen the occasional mosquito indoors. It comes from living in the Fens perhaps. They're quite likely to bite ankles too. From what I remember mosquito bites tend to be whitish where they're hard and raised, and red in the surrounding sore area. Janet G |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"TheScullster" wrote in message
Thanks to all respondents thus far! Is it likely that I will now suffer an infestation in my house and further bites, or is it likely that the loss of appropriate host (ie dog) means that this will be an isolated case? It may be likely that you brought a flea or two home from the Snooker club in your clothes, but then thay would ahve to find each other and breed and then find you etc. Just be vigilant with the housework as fleas breed in dirt and dust (the invisble stuff in the carpet) in a warn environment. If you see any signs buy some flea bombs at a supermarket/pet shop and set them off just as you leave the house for a few hours. |
What Insect Caused These Bites?
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:44:36 GMT, Anne Jackson wrote: The message from "TheScullster" contains these words: "JennyC" wrote Sounds like flea bites. Maybe you were near a dog in a public place ? Jenny You might have hit the nail on the head there, Jenny. Snooker club has alsation watch dog! So what's the remedy then, any ideas? Please don't suggest I give up my only recreation. Tea Tree oil. Wash your hands before scratching. So, you are in bed, halfway though the night, you have to get up to wash your hands before scratching, then you get anothe itch half an hour later! Alan -- Martin |
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