Oak Mites!

Sorry if I've missed it, but is anyone dealing with these microscopic horrors?
They are terrible, no ands ifs or buts. I would take poison ivy 10x over these. A month ago I had 40 bites on me at one time (mostly on my back).
Most people that I talk to that work in or near wooded areas, have had them. Most don't talk about it because they don't know they have them or are probably embarrassed to (and assume they are chiggers, bed bugs, or fleas or something).

 

Oak Itch Mites Attack!

Here is a good article. They are calling these an epidemic in Ohio.

 

Hmm...I was gonna cut down a couple dead Oaks in the woods soon...maybe I'll let it ride a lil longer now!

 

"It just goes to show ya, if it's not one thing it's another!"

 

Think this might be what I've been fighting this year after weeding.

 

No harm in waiting but they probably are not in the dead oaks since no leaves.

 

In the woods so live trees all around though...

 

Maybe it's just time to re-up the flea dip

 

I had never heard of them. I had one on my arm I dismissed as a spider bite. It was the size of a dime, and was like I had a small piece of gravel in there. It was probably the worst of the bites I've had. It oozed, itched, etc.

 

The itching had me going nuts. Started off like poison ivy, then like bad acne, then puffed up almost like I'd messed with yellow jackets. Some were worse than others, took a few weeks to completely go away.

 

I too have been eaten alive from these pesky critters. They say the mites are after cicada larva.