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Getting Rid of Invisible Biting Bugs

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August 22, 2019

Every single time I come to my boyfriend's house I get bitten by something and I can't figure out what it is. He never gets bites, but I always do. These bites are extremely itchy, but some aren't itchy at all. I have gotten about 20 bites in less than a month. He has no pets and has never had pets before, we haven't seen any sign of anything, but every single night I get bit over and over again. Whenever I'm in bed I feel like something is crawling on me, but when I turn on my phone flashlight it turns out to be nothing there. I feel like I'm going crazy every night and morning.

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August 22, 20190 found this helpful

This could be bed bugs in the bed and around the home. But if he is not getting bitten this one might not be possible at all. You may need to get a spary for bugs to keep them off of you. Other than this you can try and contact a pest control to check out the house and see if he does have bed bugs or not. You can noramlly find them along the wall or even on the bed. Check around and see if you see any of them around.

 
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July 30, 2018

I've been getting bites from a bug I don't see at all (along with my mom and sister) 3. It's mainly when sitting on my couch or outside in my backyard. It's not bed bugs because it's not while I sleep and it's only in one room or outside.

I live in California, Inland Empire area. I'm at a lost and very overwhelmed. Luckily my 1 year old isn't being bitten, but it's every week something is biting me. We do have dogs, but they are only outside and we treat them for fleas and ticks with the medicine that goes on their backs. We've checked them for fleas and flea eggs, but we can't find anything.

The bites start off looking like a hive. We've sprayed both outside and inside where we seem to be getting bitten (literally in the morning and that same night I had 2 new bites). If anyone has any ideas what it could be please let me know!

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July 30, 20180 found this helpful

these people had probles with invisible bugs in a desert climate: www.hometalk.com/.../q-no-see-ums-biting-my-family-and...

more resource extension.colostate.edu/.../

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things that could be are no see ums which proliferate in the desert messersmith.name/.../

other options are bird mites, chiggers, or maybe not bugs at all but a weird allergic reaction to a common contaminant or mold

best of luck

 

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July 31, 20180 found this helpful

You could have bird mites. You might need an exterminator

 

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July 31, 20180 found this helpful

I am very allergic to many insect bites, so I can totally empathize!

Web MD has a link for what some typical bites look like--that may help you ID what is getting you:

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www.webmd.com/.../slideshow-bad-bugs

If that doesn't help...if you can catch and look at one of the critters, this link has pictures that you can match it too. My cousins in Cali say that mosquitoes are wicked right now, but you can usually see those. There are no see ums in your area, but I don't think they are as common as they are in some places.

The link with bug pix is (not for the faint of heart sorry):www.cdph.ca.gov/.../NuisanceFlies.aspx

Be careful to watch the bites carefully and if the skin gets warm and red, you may want to talk to your PCP or go to an urgent care. You don't want to risk infection...especially if you are scratching...you can easily do skin damage and infections can set in.

Good luck!

 

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July 31, 20180 found this helpful

There are numerous tiny bugs in different parts of the US but it seems that most people place them in the "no see um" category. We have them in Florida and this is year has been one of the worst.

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  • You can find several hundred web sites that tell all about one kind or another but basically they are pretty much the same and what kills/stops one kind will generally work on all. Of course, the biggest problem is that what works for one person may not work for another. So many times it takes a true trial and error system to be able to survive through their "season".
  • Here is one solution that many say works for using indoors.
  • Fill a bowl with a half-and-half mix of dish soap (Dawn) and vinegar; set it out on a counter. The vinegar attracts the bugs and the soap drowns them. This can be done near where you sit in the evening.
  • Seems that most of this type bug is most active in the morning and evenings.
  • Here are some links that may give some suggestions that you may be able to use.
  • www.wikihow.com/Treat-No%E2%80%90See%E2%80%90Um-Bites
  • ucanr.edu/.../postdetail.cfm?postnum=10473
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  • nonoseeum.com/.../
  • You can also contact your local extension office as they may have information that is more specifically related to your area.
  • www.gardeningknowhow.com/.../what-is-extension-service.htm

en.wikipedia.org/.../Ceratopogonidae

 
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April 10, 2017

I am really depressed with invisible biting creatures in my home. A year ago we have bed bugs in our home. After several pest control treatments they are gone completely. Now something is biting our skin from beds, sofas, and from clothes. We did pest control treatment all over, but they are still not going away. Whatever they are is killed by high temperature hot water only, while bathing.

We wash clothes with high temperature, but they still are not going away fully. This has spread into my car and now my office chair. When I wear my shirts I start being bitten. It is spreading everywhere on my body. I don't know any solution. Please does anybody have any suggestions?

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April 10, 20170 found this helpful

I am so sorry you are dealing with this! This page might be very useful to you from article all the way down to the comments. You can see many people have written in with their versions of what helped, anywhere from Windex to Listerine to finding out the bugs were coming from inside the skin:

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dengarden.com/.../invisible-bugs

I hope you find an answer here that helps you!

 

Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts
April 10, 20170 found this helpful

Buy or rent a steamer for those items that can't be put in the clothes dryer. The heat will kill the bugs in your mattress and sofa.

 
January 12, 20180 found this helpful

A friend of mine is having the same problem she has it in her home.. Went into her office. She has a private building. In her car and now I think I'm getting them. I remember when. I was I school we had to do a science project, we had to take a cotton ball put it in a jar, and catch insects, put the insect in the jar so it would die from the nail polish remover. I'm gonna go buy 20 bottles from the dollar tree put them, in a spray bottle mask up spray my entire house thick and leave for a few hours

 
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October 22, 2019

I had some work done in my bathroom and that's when it started. They've been eating me up the last couple of months. What am I supposed to do?


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February 18, 2019

I keep getting bit by something I can't see, it feels like fiberglass. I have washed my clothes in hot water, but when I put them on I feel bugs crawling on me. I feel them on my couch, bed, and on the floor.

I've gone to a dermatologist, but he just gave me cream. I called pest exterminators, but they want a sample. Is there anyone out there is experiencing the same at how did you get rid of them?

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August 2, 2018

Okay, in a nutshell. I am getting bitten at least 3 to 5 times a night by something. We have searched for bed bugs and mosquitoes and no luck. We have found a few big gnats and caught them in the vinegar, but I'm getting bitten by ones I can't see. It's mainly at night and it's mainly me. My husband gets a couple here and there.

If I sleep with long sleeves and pants I don't get as many, but it's 98 degrees here in Texas at night. We poured bleach down the drains, vacuumed, and dusted. They seem to be mainly in our bedroom. Please tell me what these bites could be from and what to do about them.

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February 8, 2015

I keep getting bites on my arms, some are small red bites others initially look like mosquito bites. I've had 2 professional pest control inspectors to search for what I thought might be bed bugs, but I've never seen one and they both said they didn't see any signs of bed bugs either. So what can it be biting me?

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February 8, 20150 found this helpful

Could be many types of bugs! Need much more information than you provided:

Your city & state
Apartment or house
When most of the bites occur-AM or PM?
Do you have a pet?

If you will provide more info, I may be able to help; the culprits may be tropical rat lice.

 
June 27, 20150 found this helpful

How can you get rid of them, in your apartment and on your body since they are obviously parasites? My cousin who brought them into my home has left her home,clothes etc. went to Alaska and gave them to her sister.

 
May 5, 20180 found this helpful

House. Yes to pet..east Texas..ive delt with these bug that you cant see jumping an biting. Posion does nothing but piss them off. There on anything fabric an ive washed an windexed .. I need a full proff plain to rid these monsters...if u could help be wonderful..why cant they be killed..

 
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February 4, 2019

My husband and I live in his company's semi because we lost our home through no fault of our own. So, this being the only place we have to go I'm desperate. We, mostly me, have been getting bitten, day and night, for nearly 6 months now. We have never seen anything.

We have checked for bedbugs and everything we can check for. We have fumigated numerous times, gone through sprays, powders (including diatomaceous earth), and traps. When it's cold in here they don't bite. But when we start to shiver we turn on the heat and start getting bit. We thought they were chiggers from the field we used to park next to and often walk across to get to our son's house. I read online that chiggers die at temps colder than 42, so we thought they would die when the truck was in the shop for a week and we were in a loaner. But we have it back and are getting bit again. We have put nearly everything we had in the truck in our car to kill them. We will see if it works, but then we will bring them back to the truck. I often just sit in back of the truck, while he's driving, and just cry while getting bit.

I need help from someone, somewhere. We have tried everything. I told our daughter. I spray and pray. That seems to be what I'm constantly doing. She's worried about all the chemicals I've been breathing for 6 months. I am too, but I don't know what else to do.

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March 21, 2017

For a few months now I've been getting bites all over me at my boyfriend's house. They look like welts and one bite on my eye lid swelled up. They're extremely itchy and recently it feels like bugs are crawling and biting all over me, but I can't see any. I have been itchy head to toe all day for the past couple of days now.

He had bed bugs, but we got rid of them with DE and cleaning also getting rid of objects that were infested. So we're ruling out BB. I now think maybe he has a mite infestation. He cleaned a birds nest out of a bathroom vent. Could they be bird mites? I don't see any bugs crawling on me or around the bed. But do have bites on me every time I stay there and it's only at night. I eventually slept on the couch because being in his room was torture, but it seems like they followed me. Neither his children nor him are getting bites at all.

What do I do? If they are mites can I infest my home by carrying them on me?

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March 21, 20171 found this helpful

You could infest your home if you bring them into your house via your clothing.

Try to spray yourself with bug repellent when you go over.

If you could wrap the bedsheets in plastic, you might be able to take them to a place that sells pesticides, and they could tell you if any bugs are in the sheets.

 

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March 21, 20171 found this helpful

Bed bug infestations are notoriously difficult!!! From your explanation of the itching etc.,you most likely have a continuing bed bug problem. A very simple online search for "how to stop bed bugs" produces many ways to solve your problem using home products. However, you may need to have a professional pest company help you, no matter how you have tried to resolve the problem. Check this site:

www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bed-Bugs

 
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March 28, 2019

I'm desperate for help because I don't know how much longer I can do this. When I moved into my current house in November of 2017 within 2 weeks I started feeling itchy and noticed small insects that nearly no one else has seen. I am so confused whether it's one bug in various cycles or several bugs.

The quick version is I got it treated for fleas and moths, but the guy who came first I believe had it spot on with his comment of, "lady you can try fumigation as the only option after pest control, but I don't think even that will work, the only thing that is going to fix this is a match lit" his words not mine. He came 3 times plus the house's owner got it treated, in total 5 times.

Since moving in till now, it's gotten extremely bad, but everyone thinks I'm crazy and even though no one knows me, I've had mental health on my doorstep because I'm imagining it all. I can only explain it to you in the way I understand. I have a mild brain injury and struggle with comprehending some things and am not able to find the words I need. So bare with me people.

I absolutely believe I've got moths, as I can smell dust, and everything is yellow in colour including my skin, my dogs and everything you see. I have had weird flies appear when the doors are locked, plus you can actually pick them up as they are very still. No flies I know that you can just pick up. I have tiny dots and things that people think are just bits of fluff, dirt, etc. They are in/on absolutely everything, no surface is safe, they are in the fridge, freezer, bed, shower, cups, and microwave.

They have a gritty feeling, like sand. They started on my head, face, and chest, and would be in those areas a few weeks then they would be in another area, but leave me terribly scarred. The pattern I've worked out will trigger something in you guys. I don't itch until I use any kind of product, ie. powder, cream, moisturizer, or makeup, absolutely anything. Then I get itchy and I get really hot.

They secrete a substance that makes me itchy only then. The substance is sort of oily, I don't bleed even though I've really scratched. I refer to some of them as"burrowers or anchors" because these ones are painful, can't be removed, and if you can get the sore off, it's back exactly the same. I have horrific scars, I've recognised pictures from the cans of bug sprays that look like moths, silverfish, bedbugs, millipedes, carpet beetles, but because every company has their own picture, I can't tell if they match.

They are also on my little dogs; they are all sick. I am extremely tired, nauseated, and off balance. They are definitely active at night. One weird symptom is my nose gets really cold and painful, my dogs also are affected at night. I feel them bite, and sting. They are without a doubt using my body along with my dogs and I'm so alone.

I trust no one now because I'm terrified of answering the door thinking it's mental health again. I can't find a doctor to listen to me, except one doctor sent the samples I took in to see if I am right about them looking like innocent items like fluff and the tests showed they were insects, but if I want to know what ones, it's going to cost me $150 OMG. So I finally had proof so I thought, that I am not crazy, plus a fumigation guy spent 2&1/2hours just looking at what I was talking about, expecting to be dismissed again as crazy, but he said everything I told him was spot on. He even had a look at the dog. He had this feature on his phone that worked as a magnifying glass and even though the friend who was here that day believed me, he said he didn't think it was as bad as I said. But once he was shown the spot on the wall was in fact a insect, so vivid, you could see the wings, veins, eyes, I just cried, finally had proof, but months later I'm sitting here hoping you guys can help me with anything, the infestation is going to kill me, I truly believe that.

I'll try to put some pictures up to help, but please bare with me as my phone is shit. I am happy to answer any questions, I've got a lot more I can tell you, but I'll not have enough space. If anyone is able to help in any way I would appreciate it. I know there is heaps more I've left out, so please anyone. It's nothing to do with being clean or dirty.

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August 3, 2018

I've recently been getting small bites on my arms and my ankles. I checked my bed for bed bugs and found none, and I Hoovered out the mattress and sheets to make sure, but the bites are still coming. We don't have any pets and I only just recently dusted my room, it is the middle of summer, but only one window is open.

The bites look like little white dots and they're incredibly itchy, they turn red when itched. What insect is biting me and what can I do to help the itching? They're not loads of bites, only one on my ankle and about six on one arm and two on the other, so anyone got any answers?

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October 23, 2016

Well a friend of mine is complaining about getting bitten and she doesn't see anything after she's bitten. There's always a mark left, but no bug. At first she thought it was bed bugs, then she did the proper steps of getting it inspected. They ruled out bed bugs, there's no signs. So she's wondering could it be fleas?

She has a neighbor with a dog and that may be the problem. We researched fleas and she thinks that's the problem. She has encountered the small white bug before, but only once. I think it may be fleas. Any suggestions on how to get rid of them before it gets worse?

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October 24, 20160 found this helpful

If the problem is fleas, they will die off in a few weeks as long as your friend has no contact with any pet or flea infected area. If there are inside pets, avoiding fleas is more difficult:

Unfortunately, the only effective way to avoid fleas in the home is to either not have pets or have only inside pets; humans can bring fleas inside also. Cats and dogs carry fleas from the outside-other animals, yards, etc., and then bring fleas and flea eggs into the house. You can kill the existing live fleas but the eggs survive easily and a female flea can lay 50-60 eggs per day!
If you find live fleas in your house, you will also find flea eggs in the thousands in your house, as well. Flea eggs are very hard to kill as they are tiny and do not stick to anything; even an insect bomb is useless against the eggs.
So, essentially, you are always fighting an uphill battle against fleas. You can spray a chair or sofa and kill some fleas, however, in minutes or hours, new flea babies are born on a sofa or your pet climbs on the chair and leaves new live fleas and flea eggs.
The best flea guard you can achieve with pets is to maintain them inside only, keep up with prescription flea medication, if needed, and spray the furniture, etc., when you see fleas. The only way you can win (mostly) a flea battle is: no pets.

 
November 9, 20160 found this helpful

Diatomaceous earth you can get it at any feed store it's a white powder spread it all over your home on your mattresses in your counters on your counters it kills any type of bug

 
September 16, 20170 found this helpful

Dawn dish soap blue concentrate kills fleas on contact. Fleas can't reproduce unless they have a blood dinner. The eggs hatch from vibrations. Like walking or vacuuming. If you have non carpet floors mop with 1/4 cup of dawn in a couple of gallons of water. Bathe your dog's with it also. If you have carpet you can pit table salt on it for a few days and this drys out the eggs. SWEEP. SWEEP. SWEEP.

 
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October 18, 2019

I have been struggling with what's seems to be a hopeless situation. They are black and other colored specks. Sores appear from nowhere. I feel things moving all over me, but have never actually seen any movement, until now.

This is my hair magnified with a $20 Amazon microscope. At the very beginning you can see some string playing on my hair like the monkey bars.

Identifying Unknown Parasites
 
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June 30, 2019

We have some invisible biting bugs in our home and pickup truck. I don't know what they are because I can't see them. They tend to feel heavy and get on my arms near my wrist. Hot showers give relief from them.

We have sprayed all kinds of stuff and vacuumed and blown compressed air, but they're still here. We have been fighting it for months. I just thought I'd ask someone if they knew what to do?

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June 5, 2019

It all started when I worked at a hotel and my boyfriend and I would stay there sometimes. We never had any problems. Well one night we stayed there and in the morning woke up and had these itchy bites all over us. It looked just like bed bugs. So we checked the room we were in, but there was nothing; no bed bugs.

So we were living at my mom's house and moved out, but we still stay there about once a week. Well then for about two months straight my boyfriend kept waking up there with those same itchy bites all over his body. I would never have them though. And my mom has never had any problem with any of it. So after about the two months I started getting the bites all over too. Now every time we stay there we both wake up with bites all over. I don't see how it could be bed bugs because I haven't found them, my mom doesn't have bites or find bugs, and we sleep in the living room so if that was the case the whole house should be infested.

I have searched everything and just don't know what it could be. But these bites are so itchy and so random. I would think it was some sort of reaction, but you can see a little puncture mark where we were bit or stung or whatever. How could he only be getting them then randomly I start too?Please help! Also we live in Colorado.

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August 13, 2016

I have been been getting bit by bugs for about two weeks now. They leave bite marks and itch like crazy, but I haven't seen any bugs. No one else in my house has been bitten.

Any information or advice would be helpful. I live in western New York, if that helps with anything.

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February 27, 20170 found this helpful

You may want to ascertain that you dn't have bedbugs, by checking your pillows and under your mattress to see if you see wastes or eggs.

If you're pretty sure you don't then you could simply be around fleas, or sometimes bird mites can afflict humans

Either way, there are a couple of treatments that deal with such pests

A friend who had 2 huge dogs swears by nematodes. These insects actually crawl inside fleas and consume them from the inside, killing them. www.amazon.com/.../B007XFHAR6 (Affiliate Link)

She said she never needed to spray after that.

Some people also use Diatomaceous Earth, though be careful to not breathe it in when you put it. This product actually cuts open the exoskeleton of the bugs. Not just fleas but many other bugs die in the presence of this ancient calcified life form: richsoil.com/diatomaceous-earth.jsp

 

Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts
February 28, 20170 found this helpful

Avon Skin So Soft repels bugs.

 
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April 20, 2020

I have this issue which I have been dealing with for the past maybe 3 months. It started when I moved into my new place 3 months ago where I though I had bed bugs. The sensation I experience is almost like a stray hair touching my skin or some invisible bug jumping and crawling on me. I occasionally get bites and I have a rash on the inside of both forearms. The bites are mostly on the backs of my legs and inner arms. They were worse at the start and have left some pretty big bite marks on the backs and sides of my legs and my bum which still haven't disappeared.

The issue is the worst at night when I'm in bed, but I notice it during the daytime too. At night it feels like little insects jumping on my face and backs of my legs, and I can hear them bouncing off my pillow and crawling on my bed sheets by my ear, but I can't see anything. I also get a crawling sensation in my hair, but no biting.

I have moved house since and it seems like the issue has followed me. I have called into the pharmacy a number of times over the past couple of months trying to identify the problem. The first time the pharmacist reckoned it was sand flies and the last time I was in, about a month ago, the pharmacist gave me scabies cream to try which has not seemed to have worked. The pharmacist didn't reckon it was scabies because there was no evidence of trails under the skin, but I shared a bed with someone for a number of nights and now he has the sensation too. None of my housemates are affected by this.

I hoovered my entire room, washed my bed sheets, and the clothes that I had worn recently in a hot wash and beat my mattress to see if that would help. The sensation went away for a week, but it seams to have returned.

Any suggestions as to what I could do would be a great help! It's driving me bananas trying to get to the bottom of this.

Thanks

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