Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-51uY2z0IlY/TE...0/IMAG0551.jpg

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor about them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing is, I get them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. I also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!

Dude the insect looks so small , can you zoom the insect and send a new picture so that I can identify the insect

I wish I could! It's so small I can't get a clear photo :/ I was hoping the size and general form would be enough..

I've downloaded the photo and blown it up enormous, but it is still just a black splodge. I think you'd need specialist equipment to take a clear picture of something that small.

But I am used to seeing lots of tiny little black splodges like that in gardens, etc, and I am not aware any of them bite. They sometimes hang around in a cloud under an overhanging tree, and then cover you when you walk through. To me they usually look rather like a beetle, although hanging around in the air seems an unusual habit for a beetle. Maybe they are actually something in the hemiptera. People often suggest thrips for these small black aerial bugs, but having looked at pictures of thrips I think usually not. But basically what I'm saying is that these are unlikely to bite you.

Fleas can get in your clothes, so they bite you where you have clothes on, so in general not on your hands, feet and head. When I got them in my woolly socks, they bit on the ankle, not the foot, because they did not want to go in the shoe and get squashed. But if you are being bitten all over, then bedclothese seems more likely. But I wonder about bedbugs? Fleas can also get into furniture, carpets, etc, usually off dog, cat, etc, in which case they may bite opportunistically. Though I think cat and dog fleas can also colonise humans, in which case they tend to like hairy corners like the groin.

What you do to get rid of fleas in clothes/bedlinen is wash all the clothes they might have got into and hang them out on the washing line in bright sun. Then you put those clothes/bedclothes on, and do the rest. For fleas that may have originated in dog/cat, take advice from petshops, as the method of dealing with it depends upon whether it is dog or cat. For mattresses, you'll just have to spray them.

If bedbugs, no doubt you can research that.

Many thanks for all the information

Mitulove wrote:


Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor
about them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing
is, I get them pretty much everywhere except my feet, hands, and head
and I would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea
bites.. I also only get a few at a time, though while I have them
they itch like crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!

Difficult to tell from that pic, but it might what I always called a
"thunderbug" or thrips:

http://bitkikoruma.files.wordpress.c...08/thrps-2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips

--
Chris

Mitulove wrote:
Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Looks like a thunderfly to me. Don't think they cause irritation (of the
skin, rather than of the mind!), but I could be wrong.

On 20/07/2010 12:43, Mitulove wrote:
Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!





They could be harvest bugs perhaps. Our family went to live in a house
in Cardiganshire we were attacked by these things every summer if we
went to the garden. I have never come across them in any other garden
other than that one, I have lived in 6 houses since but never
experienced them any where else.
Don

On 20/07/2010 16:44, Donwill wrote:
On 20/07/2010 12:43, Mitulove wrote:
Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!




They could be harvest bugs perhaps. Our family went to live in a house
in Cardiganshire we were attacked by these things every summer if we
went to the garden. I have never come across them in any other garden
other than that one, I have lived in 6 houses since but never
experienced them any where else.
Don
Sorry, I think they are called Harvest Mites not bugs.

On 20/07/10 17:44, Donwill wrote:
On 20/07/2010 12:43, Mitulove wrote:
Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!





They could be harvest bugs perhaps. Our family went to live in a house
in Cardiganshire we were attacked by these things every summer if we
went to the garden. I have never come across them in any other garden
other than that one, I have lived in 6 houses since but never
experienced them any where else.
Don

Don't be surprised if somebody tells you that they are a protected species.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:43:24 +0000, Mitulove wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Looks like a thunderbug to me. If you can get some better pictures
try posting to http://ispot.org.uk

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps?

Thunderbugs drive me insane as they tickle wandering through my arm
hairs. I have in inkling they also bite but they don't bring me out
in itchy bumps but then different people react very differently to
the bites from the same insect.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 20 Jul 2010 15:21:28 GMT, wrote:

Mitulove wrote:
Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Looks like a thunderfly to me. Don't think they cause irritation (of the
skin, rather than of the mind!), but I could be wrong.

There are a few thousand different sorts. Some of them do cause skin
irritation but they are quite unusual in the UK.

Steve

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On 20/07/2010 12:43, Mitulove wrote:
Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P I would greatly appreciate any help!





Information on Harvest Mites he-
http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th5i.htm#harvestmite

Good luck
Don

On 20 July, 12:43, Mitulove
wrote:
Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? *I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. *The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? *I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. *The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. *I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P *I would greatly appreciate any help!

--
Mitulove

I would say it was a mosquito. They don't carry malaria in this
country ...yet.
Do you have any still water nearby? If so, this is where they're
coming form.

On 20 July, 17:57, harry wrote:
On 20 July, 12:43, Mitulove
wrote:





Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is? *I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when I came inside from the garden. *The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps? *I asked the doctor about
them yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas. *The thing is, I get
them pretty much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the ankles are a perfect place for flea bites.. *I
also only get a few at a time, though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P *I would greatly appreciate any help!

--
Mitulove

I would say it was a mosquito. *They don't carry malaria in this
country ...yet.
Do you have any still water nearby? If so, this is where they're
coming form.- Hide quoted text -

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito