Posted: 9/4/2007 5:32:10 PM EDT
Does anyone else have these bites from the Itch Mites? I am going crazy! The only thing that seems to help is Tea Tree Oil as was mentioned in a Chicago Tribune article. It provides relief for about 4 hours and then I have to re-apply or tear my skin off. While I love fall, I am ready for the first freeze. 
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I was up in Kane County a couple weeks ago and got bit very badly all over my ankles. Those things itch like crazy...ranks up there w/ poison oak. I probably had 20 or so bites on each ankle and about 3 or 4 on each arm. 
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Thanks Drobs, I tried New Skin and it helps a lot.  Where did these little bastards come from? I have lived here all of my life and I have never heard of them. The mosquitos are really bad after all of the rain we had. Tonight I was doing some engine work on a friend's boat that is sitting on a Shore Station on the chain. I sprayed myself heavily with Off, but I still got bit. At dusk, we had to go inside because the mosquitos were all over us. As I said, I am ready for the first freeze! 
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I used bug spray all over the night I got bit too b/c as you said the mosquitos were awful after all that rain. Didn't help a damn bit but I only got bit by one skeeter though. ETA: I just checked my ankles and the welts (as I said about 20 on each one) are definitely still there. The ones on my arms are gone though. |