[GeoStL] Re: Insect Bites
- From: "Bridget Griffin" <bridget@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:11:01 -0500
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Someone said take a bleach bath. or pour bleach on the bites. That kills
the chiggers.
Bridget
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie" <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:41 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Insect Bites
> -
> I keep forgetting to tell you that I use 'Dermarest Plus' with pretty
good
> results. It is a cooling anti-itch gel. Bernie
>
>
> -
> Bernie,
>
> I agree that the bites are mostly chiggers. I just ran a couple of
thoughts
> together.
> I was more curious about the insects I saw crawling on me. To give a
> comparison of how small
> they were, imagine sharpening a pencil as sharp as you can possible get it
&
> then make a dot
> on a piece of paper with it & you'll come close to the size of these
things.
>
> Eric
>
> Bernie wrote:
>
> > -
> > Eric, that sounds more like chigger bites to me. If you saw them, then
> > they were probably seed ticks, but you most likely had both. Tick bites
> > don't last if you pick them off unless you let them get imbedded, then
you
> > can feel them afterwards. Chiggers are more microscopic. I have seen
them
> on
> > me with a magnifying glass and they show up as tiny little red dots.
Don't
> > take any of this as gospel, but I believe others will agree. Bernie
> >
> > -
> > As much as I hate winter, I have to say that winter caching is great.
Many
> > of my 200+ caches
> > were done in winter/cooler months. I agree with Mike, ticks & chiggers
> > coupled with the heat
> > slows or deters many peoples progress.
> >
> > Speaking of ticks & chiggers, Dayna & I were camping this past weekend
in
> > Danville
> > Conservation Area & did the Hermann area caches. We came up with the
worst
> > case of bites we've
> > EVER had. We both have well over 100 bites. The itch is beginning to
> subside
> > but not yet gone.
> > Any recommendations for relief? We've tried alcohol, bite back & clear
> > fingernail polish.
> > Also, these ticks (I assume they were ticks) were sooooo small. I've
seen
> > small ticks before
> > but, these were almost too small to make out any identifying features.
The
> > other odd thing
> > about them is that at one point, I was covered with literally 100's of
> these
> > critters; it
> > looked like a swarm of bees!!!
> >
> > Thanks & God bless!
> >
> > Eric
> >
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