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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 283185" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I menionted on another thread - was chiggers considered? If it is chiggers, the centre of the bulls-eye should have a raised papule which she may have already scratched out. So rthe centre may now be a raw patch or a small scab, inside a raised red area (which can mask a scratched patch unless you look really closely).</p><p></p><p>The multiple nature of it makes me think chiggers rather than ticks. I got a dose of chiggers, I had a dozen of the things, all in the places where my clothing was tighter - wasitbands, wrist bands etc. Under boobs. I had been crawling around on the ground, cleaning out a broody cage no longer used by the mother hen and her chicks. I saw the little beasties, looking like red spider mites, crawling through the dirt, but I didn't realise they were biting me until it was too late. And I only saw a couple of them, but when I went back to look more thoroughly after the bites, thsat is when I realised that for the ones I saw, there would have been many more. Even then I only saw them because I was cleaning the cage. If I'd been rolling around playing, I never would have noticed them. Thery're tiny! Smaller than grass ticks, by a mile. As I said, like red spider mite. For each bite, the welts were huge.</p><p></p><p>Sprays and repellents don't always work so well on arachnids - ticks, spiders & mites. Insect sprays are fomulated for insects, generally. Insects breathe through a spiracle system, like a set of tubes that allow air to diffuse into the creature's body. Their small size makes this respiration method viable.</p><p>But arachnids - they have a book lung system as well as the spiracle system. Book lungs are more complex and allow for more efficient gas exchange. That's why you can get some really big spiders in the world, bigger than most insects. Crabs & lobsters use a book lung breathing system.</p><p></p><p>So unless the chemicals have been devised to work on a book lung system, all an insect spray or repellent is likely to do, is make a spider cranky. No thanks!</p><p></p><p>So check the labelling, see if the product is formulated for arachnids too.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 283185, member: 1991"] I menionted on another thread - was chiggers considered? If it is chiggers, the centre of the bulls-eye should have a raised papule which she may have already scratched out. So rthe centre may now be a raw patch or a small scab, inside a raised red area (which can mask a scratched patch unless you look really closely). The multiple nature of it makes me think chiggers rather than ticks. I got a dose of chiggers, I had a dozen of the things, all in the places where my clothing was tighter - wasitbands, wrist bands etc. Under boobs. I had been crawling around on the ground, cleaning out a broody cage no longer used by the mother hen and her chicks. I saw the little beasties, looking like red spider mites, crawling through the dirt, but I didn't realise they were biting me until it was too late. And I only saw a couple of them, but when I went back to look more thoroughly after the bites, thsat is when I realised that for the ones I saw, there would have been many more. Even then I only saw them because I was cleaning the cage. If I'd been rolling around playing, I never would have noticed them. Thery're tiny! Smaller than grass ticks, by a mile. As I said, like red spider mite. For each bite, the welts were huge. Sprays and repellents don't always work so well on arachnids - ticks, spiders & mites. Insect sprays are fomulated for insects, generally. Insects breathe through a spiracle system, like a set of tubes that allow air to diffuse into the creature's body. Their small size makes this respiration method viable. But arachnids - they have a book lung system as well as the spiracle system. Book lungs are more complex and allow for more efficient gas exchange. That's why you can get some really big spiders in the world, bigger than most insects. Crabs & lobsters use a book lung breathing system. So unless the chemicals have been devised to work on a book lung system, all an insect spray or repellent is likely to do, is make a spider cranky. No thanks! So check the labelling, see if the product is formulated for arachnids too. Marg [/QUOTE]
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