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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: The Big Train on September 27, 2015, 01:24:16 PM
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I sat around a campfire all night last night and I got a bunch, why do they itch so much :angry:
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i saw a documentary on bugs and it said that bugs like to bite people that smell and taste like poop.
i dunno if that's relevant
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:dunno:
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i got stung by a bee on the patio at the falloon. it was swollen for 15 minutes and then it went away. great genetics.
the bee was aggressive, i'm glad i was able to cull it.
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:dunno:
beans and cornbread?
The band?
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i got stung by a bee on the patio at the falloon. it was swollen for 15 minutes and then it went away. great genetics.
the bee was aggressive, i'm glad i was able to cull it.
wasp
Gonna win 'em all!
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i got stung by a bee on the patio at the falloon. it was swollen for 15 minutes and then it went away. great genetics.
the bee was aggressive, i'm glad i was able to cull it.
wasp
Gonna win 'em all!
terrible band
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Well known entomologist:
"We are here to talk about bees, not wasps. Please, feel free to kill all of the wasps."
Gonna win 'em all!
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:dunno:
beans and cornbread?
The band?
I know someone in that band.
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My torso has been fully attacked by oak mites while dethatching and aerating ooh my good they itch.
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:dunno:
beans and cornbread?
The band?
I know someone in that band.
:wha:
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:angry:
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Oak-mites-might-be-the-culprit-to-your-itchy-bites-329362331.html
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Might be mite bites, tbt.
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Chigger bites are the best! Whenever i'd go to my grandparents farm in the summer, i'd get murdered by chigger bites. They only go around tight areas, like your socks, waiste line, etc. They're a blast!
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Apparently, WC08 and I have differing opinions with regards to defining "blast."
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Apparently, WC08 and I have differing opinions with regards to defining "blast."
:D
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:cheers:
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You guys remember that one time when I got stung by a bunch of hornets? That was terrible.
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I apparently got wrecked by these oak mites that I just read about today itt and it is the worst experience of what, to date, has been an amazing life. I am actually considering BID every tree in my yard
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:dunno:
beans and cornbread?
The band?
I know someone in that band.
:wha:
Yep.
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You guys ever seen what happens to a bug bitten anteater? It's a train wreck. #uncircumcisedlife
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wut
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bloodfart's netherregions are a train wreck
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bloodfart's netherregions are a train wreck
That may be but it isn't because I'm uncircumcised.
Mrs. Bf says she sees many 1st time moms bring their kids to the ER because little Johnny's peen got a bug bite. Says it looks like someone strapped an M-80 to it and let er rip.
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I have two enormous oak trees in my front yard. This summer has been hell.
I have like 20 of these bites on me right now.
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:runaway:
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So blessed that KSU entomologists have led the way on itch mites. Fact: these things are gross:
P. herfsi are 0.2 mm in length and barely visible to the naked eye. Species of Pyemotes mites generally have similar life habits (Smith 1973, oscar and Wrensch 1990), as follows: newly emerged and mated females inject a neurotoxin-containing saliva into their hosts, which paralyzes the host and enables the gravid female mites to feed on the host's hemolymph. The toxin in the saliva of these itch mites is so potent that a single mite can paralyze and kill an insect larva 166,000 times its own weight (Tomalski et al. 1988).
The posterior portion (opisthosoma) of the female enlarges (physogastry; Fig. 2)
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as its progeny develops inside, and, within a few days, up to 250 adult mites emerge from the gravid female. oscar and Wrensch (1990) found that progeny of the straw itch mite averaged 254 offspring of which 92% were females. Males emerge before the females, position themselves around the mother's genital opening, and mate with emerging females. Then, mated females disperse to find new hosts. These mites often are dispersed by wind, and when they land on vertebrate hosts, they attempt to feed, resulting in the bites.
http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/jmedent/43/3/610.full.pdf (http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/jmedent/43/3/610.full.pdf)
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Males emerge before the females, position themselves around the mother's genital opening, and mate with emerging females.
So basically, KSU Scientists found that mites behave like KU Students at the doors of bars during closing time?
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Males emerge before the females, position themselves around the mother's genital opening, and mate with emerging females.
So basically, KSU Scientists found that mites behave like KU Students at the doors of bars during closing time?
Perfect analogy, slobber!
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dudes, thats happening IN/ON YOUR BODIES RIGHT NOW :sdeek:
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I finally figured out these effing bites on me were these oak mites.... Been over a month and just now going away. I go close to outside once by staying at a condo by table rock and these Lil guys attacked this fresh meat.
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I have two enormous oak trees in my front yard. This summer has been hell.
I have like 20 of these bites on me right now.
pffft....20. pfft.
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I wanted to cut my legs off they were so bad, but then I got this at Walmart for like $2 and it's like they aren't even there :Woohoo:
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I wanted to cut my legs off they were so bad, but then I got this at Walmart for like $2 and it's like they aren't even there :Woohoo:
Duh. Isn't Calamin lotion for bug bites a known thing?
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I wanted to cut my legs off they were so bad, but then I got this at Walmart for like $2 and it's like they aren't even there :Woohoo:
Duh. Isn't Calamin lotion for bug bites a known thing?
Did you see where it was $2? I got some hydrocortisone stuff for like $6 and it worked like crap
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also not everyone grows up in coffeyville
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also not everyone grows up in coffeyville
Yeah, I remember using that stuff all the time when I was a kid. Works great on chicken pox too.
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my father was telling me about these oak mites. they sound horrible.
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
I think these are what I'd always have on my crotch the weeks following Country Stampede back in the day.. So it's good to know
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
I think these are what I'd always have on my crotch the weeks following Country Stampede back in the day.. So it's good to know
I'd buy that story if it only happened to you after the Stampede. I'm believing it happened a lot to you, but it wasn't mites. At least my doctor just laughed when o tried to use that explanation.
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I wanted to cut my legs off they were so bad, but then I got this at Walmart for like $2 and it's like they aren't even there :Woohoo:
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my bottle of Caladryl says it was 500 pesos. It works ok. I also tried spraying rubbing alcohol on them, as suggested online. I don't know that any one treatment was any better. I also have been taking Zyrtec to help, seems to do better.
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
they're european. they didn't show up in america until 10-15 years ago. now they're making a move.
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
they're european. they didn't show up in america until 10-15 years ago. now they're making a move.
jihad?
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
they're european. they didn't show up in america until 10-15 years ago. now they're making a move.
jihad?
crusade
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
Gonna win 'em all!
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
Gonna win 'em all!
Just like the bees?
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
do it anyway, dobbsie. time your killing spree for the next time they shut the govt. down.
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
Gonna win 'em all!
Just like the bees?
bees and mites are two different pests.
Gonna win 'em all!
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
do it anyway, dobbsie. time your killing spree for the next time they shut the govt. down.
I value product stewardship a great deal more than you would ever imagine. Sorry.
Gonna win 'em all!
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we dont need roundup resistant oak mites wrecking our crap
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It is always "Big Chemical Company" until you need us!
I could kill the hell out of them mites if it wasn't for Big Government!
Gonna win 'em all!
Just like the bees?
bees and mites are two different pests.
Gonna win 'em all!
Bees aren't pests! :shakesfist:
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Tell that to the people who get stung by bees! Oh wait, that is wasps.
I meant insects, not pests.
Gonna win 'em all!
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mites aren't insects. pests was the correct term.
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mites aren't insects. pests was the correct term.
can't please everybody
Gonna win 'em all!
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
I think these are what I'd always have on my crotch the weeks following Country Stampede back in the day.. So it's good to know
I'd buy that story if it only happened to you after the Stampede. I'm believing it happened a lot to you, but it wasn't mites. At least my doctor just laughed when o tried to use that explanation.
Not a lot, but the more I think about it, I usually had these mite outbreaks during times of high stress or when my immune system was weak.. Maybe Oak trees stress me out
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It's gotten a lot better but got a pretty good spider bite recently. Turned a pretty nasty shade of purple and black.
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how are they such enormous assholes but nobody in the world has ever heard of them until this week?
I think these are what I'd always have on my crotch the weeks following Country Stampede back in the day.. So it's good to know
I'd buy that story if it only happened to you after the Stampede. I'm believing it happened a lot to you, but it wasn't mites. At least my doctor just laughed when o tried to use that explanation.
Not a lot, but the more I think about it, I usually had these mite outbreaks during times of high stress or when my immune system was weak.. Maybe Oak trees stress me out
I was just busting your chops, man.
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I counted last night. 140 to 150 (some are clustered together).
Good news is that after 2nd day of zyrtec and spraying with isopropyl alcohol itching is almost nil. :emawkid:
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I got mother rough ridin' ravaged this weekend. I didn't know there were no-see-um's in Kansas but apparently there are. eff those things.
Also, I got multiple tiny little baby ticks. rough ridin' ticks in October!
ALSO! The oak mites are back! eff those things!
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What the hell are you people doing to get torn up like this?
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So I went to walk the dog over the weekend, we have a pretty forested walking trail near our house, it was like 8:30 pm so it was dark. I round the corner and my neighbors are walking up the street from the trail with umbrellas. It's completely clear skies and dark. They told me it was because oak mites fall down from the trees on you. :sdeek:
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Oak mites are real and awful
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What the hell are you people doing to get torn up like this?
I was running around the Flint Hills and trying to enjoy nature by killing a relatively small piece of it.
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Sounds like nature is fighting back in the best way it knows how.
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#winning :blindfold:
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i walked 4.4 miles on the konza on saturday afternoon. enjoyed nature and had zero bites :dunno:
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Bug spray works well.
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I was sitting in it for several hours glassing. Also went down into a few of those woody bottoms/draws, had to beat brush and stuff.
One thing, I found what I think is a natural spring and my God I didn't think Kansas was capable of water so clear. It would rival anything the Rockies can produce. Just beautiful stuff flowing over limestone.
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Did you get checked out for Lyme Disease?
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No. I've had a thousand ticks before. I don't get checked every time I get a tick.
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The few times I've gone on walks or bike rides this summer, I've come back with several bites.
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i also caught roughly a million pokemon #nature
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Bug spray works well.
not against oak mites
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also, i can't imagine the type of hayseed that walks on grass or in a field, good grief kansans :lol:
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It's actually pretty hipster.
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My dog has been itching a lot the last two weeks, it's probably this kinda stuff right? I checked for fleas, it's not that
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also, i can't imagine the type of hayseed that walks on grass or in a field, good grief kansans :lol:
i walk around barefoot in my front yard.
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you granola types crack me up..."hey i got a wood tick stuck on my face and oak mites on my leg and torso, WTF mate?" :lol:
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also, i can't imagine the type of hayseed that walks on grass or in a field, good grief kansans :lol:
i walk around barefoot in my front yard.
yards :lol:
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also, i can't imagine the type of hayseed that walks on grass or in a field, good grief kansans :lol:
i walk around barefoot in my front yard.
yards :lol:
they are a funny concept, aren't they?
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Bug spray works well.
not against oak mites
I like to rub pine sol all over myself.. Get mumped oak mites
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Bug spray works well.
not against oak mites
fact
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I was in my driveway for about 45 minutes on Sunday, and now I'm covered in no fewer than 50 oak mite bites. I'm scratching like I have chicken pox.
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What do oak mite bites look like? How do you know they aren't mosquito bites?
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guys
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What do oak mite bites look like? How do you know they aren't mosquito bites?
They generally resemble chigger bites, with a smaller pustule in the center. KSU profs described them in an article (http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/3/610 (http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/3/610)) and included photos:
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STD photo
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What do oak mite bites look like? How do you know they aren't mosquito bites?
Well, a good indicator is that I'll get covered in a few dozen of them in about fifteen minutes, without being around a swarm of mosquitoes.
Also, your body feels like you have chicken pox.
Finally, when you take your clothes off, it looks like you have chicken pox.
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have you guys tried wearing clothes when you're out laying around in the yard or no?
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ITT i learned that panj and emo are apparently huge drug addicts
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Bug spray works well.
not against oak mites
I like to rub pine sol all over myself.. Get mumped oak mites
Pissing all over yourself works too. Learned that from "Naked and Afraid". Also, noticed that it not a good idea when on a date. :D
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They're microscopic they make it through clothes no problem.
Can you actually feel them biting you when it happens? I feel crap but I wonder if I'm like freaking out man.
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They're microscopic they make it through clothes no problem.
lol WHAT
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we don't have these in our yard
source: played red light green light barefoot with a bunch of 3-4 year olds for about two hours last saturday night
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I literally have bites like where my two butt cheeks touch each other. Multiple in that area. And when I've gone outside it's either been with pants or with like workout shorts with the integrated compression shorts (tight seal). Fuckers are incredible.
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sd do you have big beautiful mature murderous trees in your yard? You built a house so I'm guessing no.
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I'm outside a ton and I've never even heard anyone talk about them but emo and panj
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I'm outside a ton and I've never even heard anyone talk about them but emo and panj
Bad genes
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T's and P's
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my hood is largely coniferous trees, we don't eff with the oak except in our wines and spirits.
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sd do you have big beautiful mature murderous trees in your yard? You built a house so I'm guessing no.
Yes, we back to a stream with tons of trees and even a beaver damn from trees they ate down
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sounds like a great track for emo to hunt and kill elk on
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the snipes would just ram him into the creek and then bigfoot would finish him off
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I'm outside a ton and I've never even heard anyone talk about them but emo and panj
Bad genes
My neighborhood is filled with oak trees, and the two largest ones are in my front yard.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article104280131.html (http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article104280131.html)
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Media :curse:
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Media :curse:
It "mite" be a conspiracy from the dishonest media.
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when I had like 80 oak mite bites last year, my only relief was to use spray isopropyl alcohol on them. Nothing else worked. Kept them dried out.
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I got a few this week and they were super itchy and red and stuff. I bought some trusty calamine lotion tho and they are basically gone now.
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:curse:
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The bugs are attracted to ranch sweat, fyi.