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07-16-2007, 10:35 PM #1
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07-17-2007, 05:26 AM #2
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EeevIle bug
Having reacquainted myself with the evil little bugs when I moved back to Louisiana - I feel your pain Bike4ever.
CC - they're an EVIL little mite, almost impossible to see that crawls up your legs or arms to sheltered areas, injects digestive enzymes, and then feeds off your blood.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html
Shower immediately after you come in from beating in the weeds. I've found hydrocortisone cream helps, applied frequently. Of course this was after I scratched myself - my reintroduction was over 100 bites. I haven't tried the fingernail polish method, but the idea is that you'll smother the buggers and they'll die.
Evil nasty little bastards.Beth
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07-17-2007, 05:40 AM #3
Not as fast as I feel
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OMG over 100 chigger bites! I get one or two and I feel like I'm going to diiiiiiiiieeeee of itchiness!
I just reapply and reapply and reapply that alcohol based anti-itch cream stuff. And then swear I'll never sit in the grass in the summer again. And then forget and do the same thing next week.
Damn bugs...
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