So, if you look at the picture you will see this tiny tiny tiny black spec on the middle of my fingertip. They look like pieces of pepper, but smaller! Click on the photo and enlarge it, what the hell is it? I've been seeing these specs all over myself and I draw circles around them with a red felt tip pen. They itch! Omg they itch and I can feel them crawling all over my skin when I sleep, in little trailing circles that drive me mad! It takes me an hour to get to sleep with tiny itch after tiny itch, it's exhausting! Please help! They are so small, I don't know what to do!
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This looks like a no-see-ums bug and they are horrible. We have them here and they are so hard to get rid of. They can live in the sand, around your home and they mostly come out at night or when the sun is starting to go down. Here we use mint oil if we live in an area with tons of them around. The mint oil will stop them from crawling on you and hitting you. The oil on the skin makes it hard for them to bit you so we use a lot of oil during the evening hours. If you have been bitten and are itching a lot try to use some apple cider vinegar and soak in this. This will reduce the swelling and take the itching out of the bites. We do spray around here but when it rains again they seem to come back. This is normal because I live in the tropics.
This looks like Black Pepper Mites. Here is more info - allstop.com/
Hopefully its scabies, that would be easyishhh to get rid of with some sulfur soap and whatnot, I just hope its that. I took a bath in some sulfur soap and everything tonight and am itching a bit less and will continue this routine for a week.
Your picture only really shows a 'speck' that has no shape but apparently these bugs do not fly but crawl around on your skin.
It also seems they are more active at night and considering these aspects I'm not sure anyone has found what type of bug is biting you. You also do not mention if they are biting you outside also?
Some things you can try to help temporally relieve the itch:
Cold or heat placed on bites - you can alternate - several times a day.
Apply 0.5% hydrocortisone cream
All of the suggestions may help with the bites but you'll have to correctly identify the bug to find out how to eliminate it from your home.
I would suggest you post your question and pictures (maybe another one also) to your local county extension agency as they will be familiar with what types of bugs are prominent in your area right now and also offer suggestions on how to remove them from you home or keep them from biting you.
I appreciate the response! It is active at night and during the day just sitting around on my bed or in my room, not outside. It does just look like a spec, but that thing jumped off my finger right after I took the picture, lol, so its something! Anyway, Im also using sulfur soap, since it is super toxic to most small bugs and scabies. I will use that website and ask them what they think! Appreciate it! Ill try getting a picture of an adult bug. Ive seen some on me but I just couldnt help myself and squished them, lol.
Ha! Ha! I know the feeling!
Sometimes the agency can give a better 'guess' because they know their insects.
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