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Nasty Painful Bites !!

I wear shorts and short socks and get what looks like two puncture wounds about 50 mm apart which cause my leg to itch like mad and sweel up and leave hard areas under the skin

This can last for 5 days

? Is this a spider bite or result of contact with a particular plant

Experiences please

Yes I will have to wear long trousers and tuck into socks

Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    Where are you and what are you doing when this happens?  Do I understand it's a regular occurance?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    .Mozzie

    horse fly, various

    ant

    assorted other biting insects that are going well at the moment.

    I think you can forget spiders and plants

    Horseflies can bite through trousers 

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Whatever it is, it's got big jaws if it makes punctures two inches apart.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    too right. Joe. that's a terrifying thought. I think we have to assume two bites though

    I've got a good one at the base of my ring finger. Thought I'd have to take the finger to the workshop to get the ring cut off. But it's receding now. Itching still driving me mad though



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • patty3patty3 Posts: 129

     I have been suffering the same,

     mine went into blisters .

     double  dose antihistermine

     with bug repellent and i  was still attacked!!!

  • New Boy 2 - sounds like gnats! You're not aware of actually being bitten till a few hours later. I had 2 bites on my leg, one on my back, one just under my eye - my face just looked like a tammienorrie's for a few days (although they are much more attractive!)

  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813

    I have not been receiving the email notifications for some reason

    Joe The Gardner50mm is not 2 inches if it was I would suspect my ex wives !!Sorry ladiesDove from above.

    Bending down pulling up weeds and kneeling down

    the bites are just above the short sock line and on my hands

    Its happened on 3 occasions now....very itchy and swollen and painful

    WaterbuttsLooked up the latin name and my moneys on the flower bug

    Sue Higham..........whats a tammienorrie

    Thanks for all the answers and the ankle is just going down after 5 days but is still swollen and I am off walking in the Outer hebrides on Monday

     

    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • Try using Avons Skin So Soft dry oil moisturiser, is smells better than jungle formula and it helps deter all sorts of nasties.  If you do get bitten try neat lavender oil or aloe vera gel.  Have a lovely time on Monday

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    50mm is 2" NewBoy...whichever school you went to!! image

    Do you mean 5mm? image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    You'll probably get plenty more midge bites in the Outer Hebrides image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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