What's this bug? What's making me itch??

 


Hello all,

Does anybody know what this bug is?  I had lots of them crawling on my
arm when
I came inside from the garden.  The photo isn't clear, but
hopefully my hand
will provide a size reference..

http://tinyurl.com/2at5z99

Could this be what is giving me itching bumps?  I asked the doctor about
them
yesterday and she thinks they're from fleas.  The thing is, I get
them pretty
much everywhere *except* my feet, hands, and head and I
would have thought the
ankles are a perfect place for flea bites..  I
also only get a few at a time,
though while I have them they itch like
crazy. :P  I would greatly appreciate
any help!




--
Mitulove

 


Dude the insect looks so small , can you zoom the insect and send a new
picture
so that I can identify the insect




--
DanielK

 


Mitulove;894723 Wrote:

when I came inside from the garden.  The photo isn't clear, but

> hopefully my

hand will provide a size reference.

I've downloaded the photo and blown it up enormous, but it is still just
a black
splodge. I think you'd need specialist equipment to take a clear
picture of
something that small.

But I am used to seeing lots of tiny little black splodges like that in
gardens,
etc, and I am not aware any of them bite. They sometimes hang
around in a cloud
under an overhanging tree, and then cover you when you
walk through. To me they
usually look rather like a beetle, although
hanging around in the air seems an
unusual habit for a beetle. Maybe
they are actually something in the hemiptera.
People often suggest
thrips for these small black aerial bugs, but having looked
at pictures
of thrips I think usually not.  But basically what I'm saying is
that
these are unlikely to bite you.

Fleas can get in your clothes, so they bite you where you have clothes
on, so in
general not on your hands, feet and head. When I got them in
my woolly socks,
they bit on the ankle, not the foot, because they did
not want to go in the shoe
and get squashed.  But if you are being
bitten all over, then bedclothese seems
more likely.  But I wonder about
bedbugs? Fleas can also get into furniture,
carpets, etc, usually off
dog, cat, etc, in which case they may bite
opportunistically.  Though I
think cat and dog fleas can also colonise humans,
in which case they
tend to like hairy corners like the groin.

What you do to get rid of fleas in clothes/bedlinen is wash all the
clothes they
might have got into and hang them out on the washing line
in bright sun.  Then
you put those clothes/bedclothes on, and do the
rest.  For fleas that may have
originated in dog/cat, take advice from
petshops, as the method of dealing with
it depends upon whether it is
dog or cat.  For mattresses, you'll just have to
spray them.

If bedbugs, no doubt you can research that.




--
echinosum

 


Many thanks for all the information :)




--
Mitulove

 



I think its a thunderfly, millions of then have been seen over the last few
days.
As far as I know they dont bite, but irritate like mad.
(a bit like myself some would say)

So dont worry
PtePike