Two Weeks After the Move Yet Still...Does Gnat Bite?

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Two Weeks After the Move Yet Still...Does Gnat Bite?

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Traumabugged

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Posted 4 months ago
Sat Jul 4 2009 17:09:38
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I moved into the new apartment on June 23rd, and today when I woke up I found this two small bite on my knees:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NvzNVFLUoHAWvvurHoWZBQ?feat=directlink

Two in a row...And yesterday I got one just under my navel...

What makes me worried is the comparison between these pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DH5CQO2NsHKynkKV8Lk2lQ?feat=directlink
Taken on June 26th, 2009

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kAlx3slKaBvX99nVtgxhrg?feat=directlink
Taken today.

The red area actually expanded (and there are some more welts) and I felt itchy on this area like everyday.

And then I saw this one...taken by another one and confirmed like bed bug bites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnbsmustgo/1418429573/sizes/l/in/pool-308028@N24/

which makes wonder if I'm dealing with not adult bugs but nymphs all over the place...

I have put the passive monitor under my bed and chair, so far no sign. There are many blood spots on my blankets (while I do have some scratched wounds) but I am not able to find any cast skins, or even black spots like feces.

My parents told me the bites might come from the gnats, which there are a lot of flying around me, but I've got Off all over me yet I'm still feeling like something crawling...Maybe I shall pour boiling water on the chair again.

But one question still remains...Does gnat bite?
DougSummersMS

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Posted 4 months ago
Sat Jul 4 2009 22:50:26
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Are you referring to mosquito's?

Depending on your location.... you could be dealing with a small flying insect that produces bite marks.... No one can really be sure when we look at photos of bite marks....

Trap some of the gnats on clear tape & take some good marco digital shots of them.... We will try to help you identify the gnats & see if they are a potential source of your bite marks
Traumabugged

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Posted 4 months ago
Sun Jul 5 2009 19:04:45
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Thanks, Doug, sorry for the absence of pictures. Here's what I'm referring to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XmN-PbnqZbAG6k-cTZRfhQ?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Fq1P1h2IDH_4TyaI_gERqg?feat=directlink

And the weird thing is after I poured boiling water on the chair and let it sink in the water for about 2 hours, the crawling sensation sort of subdued (still got some when I'm using my computer)...and there was something I found in the water which was disturbing because it looks like an...egg?

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/itRAxMGs5WfVyG3L1FUsgw?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Jl68dAT9tlF1F1fzZ3bsuw?feat=directlink

I found this kind of black capsule like thing on the kitchen floor once but have no idea what it is. Could it be an egg of bb? It has the size of sesame but is completely black.
cantstandbedbugs

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Posted 4 months ago
Sun Jul 5 2009 23:14:47
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HI trauma, yes gnats do bite and suck blood I killed about 20 in the bathroom one summer and blood came out when I squashed them. The BB eggs I've seen in my moms box spring were white not black. I don't think the black capsule is a BB egg.
Traumabugged

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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jul 7 2009 15:29:27
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Thanks, cantstandbebugs, the thing is I've been squishing these gnats and so far no blood seen. And I have been constantly spraying Off on myself, that's what makes me frightened when I see some bites or allergic reaction on me.
cantstandbedbugs

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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jul 7 2009 23:02:54
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You're welcome trauma,

I can't tell you not to worry cause I'm a worrywart myself. But the allergic reactions could be of all the chemicals in the Off you are spraying on yourself all the time. Even if you were not allergic before you can develop an allergic reaction. Sorry you are going through this in your new place. I really hope things improve for you.
Traumabugged

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Posted 4 months ago
Wed Jul 8 2009 15:26:47
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Thank you so much again, cantstandbedbugs, I checked my monitor just now and found two bugs lying in it, one of them looked, I don't know, sort of like it while the other...well, as for me now it looked also similar...could anyone identify these pictures as what they are?

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/kk438/alanlichen/P1020044.jpg
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/kk438/alanlichen/P10200423.jpg

And after my editing my last tow replies seems lost...

Maybe these are clearer...?
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/kk438/alanlichen/P10200423-1.jpg
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/kk438/alanlichen/P1020043.jpg
EffeCi

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Posted 4 months ago
Wed Jul 8 2009 18:12:51
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The first is no doubts a book lice (Psocoptera)
Not sure about the 2nd, 'cause the pic isn't detailed enough... considering the lenght of antennae, it may be a roach nymph...
Traumabugged

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Posted 4 months ago
Wed Jul 8 2009 18:41:51
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Thanks, Effeci, I never imagined a book louse would try to hit on me. I probably shall take that as a compliment (of absorbing so many books into me, literally) :)