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Maybe it's hives?
Do you have a dog or cat? The mites responsible for causing sarcoptic mange may find living on your pet intolerable if you have used Front-Line or other similar treatments on your pet, and they WILL bite you. I visited a friend whose dog was suffering from mange earlier this summer and sat with the dog for a while (he's a pretty chummy mutt). By the time I got home, I noticed three mosquito-bite-like welts on the underside of my forearm, and they itched like crazy for days. They were pretty much gone in under a week, but were far more persistent than mosquito bites.DaveC426913 said:Update:
Have not been outside at all tonight, and am not wearing the same pants as before. Have been sitting here on the couch in the living room for the last few hours, minding my own business.
I now have a small grouping of bites on my right thigh.
As I now recall, in the 2008 incident, the couch was the prime suspect.
DaveC426913 said:haha. Way to make a good first impression stink.
turbo-1 said:Do you have a dog or cat? The mites responsible for causing sarcoptic mange may find living on your pet intolerable if you have used Front-Line or other similar treatments on your pet, and they WILL bite you. I visited a friend whose dog was suffering from mange earlier this summer and sat with the dog for a while (he's a pretty chummy mutt). By the time I got home, I noticed three mosquito-bite-like welts on the underside of my forearm, and they itched like crazy for days. They were pretty much gone in under a week, but were far more persistent than mosquito bites.
BTW, any place that has a population of fox, coyotes, etc will have these mites, and pets will bring them into your home from outside, even if they have been given flea/tick treatments.
Dembadon said:In https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=262090" thread, which was created around the same time of the year (fall) about two years ago, you had a similar episode. Chemisttree thought they might be chiggers (post #15). Could this be a repeat occurrence? Were you able to verify if they were chiggers or not?