Insect bites...

[Ty Korrigan]

Aside from the various species of horsefly and flowerbugs which I attract, I get bitten when working on oaks and always on my neck and torso.

 Small red and itchy, almost like little mosquito bites.

Raised mound with a red penetration mark like a pinprick.

I could actually feel something crawling under my shirt but couldn't identify it.

Could it be spiders? Some species of mite?

 Ty

 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Aside from the various species of horsefly and flowerbugs which I attract, I get bitten when working on oaks and always on my neck and torso.

 Small red and itchy, almost like little mosquito bites.

Raised mound with a red penetration mark like a pinprick.

I could actually feel something crawling under my shirt but couldn't identify it.

Could it be spiders? Some species of mite?

 Ty

 

I'm no expert but when I've been bitten by what I think were spiders it has cause a small painful blister

[Stubby]

I got one I have never had before last week . I occurred in the woods and is just as you describe .  I wondered if it were a " false widow " ? 

[Ty Korrigan]

Narrowed it down to Bird Mites or Oak Mites.

Damned sure it aint Scabies Mites!

I was bitten by a False Black Widow whilst hedge cutting in Hampshire Winter 2007

I had alot of fatigue and aching muscle symptoms for a couple of days.

  Ty

[Mick Dempsey]

Sure it's not processional oak caterpillars?

[Ty Korrigan]

No, I get that as a wider coverage rash and that itches like a word you cannot use on this forum but looks like !#*#

   Ty

 

[Haironyourchest]

Theres a chemical they sell in outdoor camping stores called Permethrin. You mix it with water and soak your clotting in it, dry the clothing and it stays in the fibers for months, ever after repeated washing. Will kill or deter insects and arachnids on contact...Its the same stuff in Spot-On sheep and cattle treatment, which might be cheaper. They say its safe once the clothing dries, like you won't absorb it though your skin.

[peatff]

Permethrin spec sheet here, it doesn't sound good for cats. Here's a list of different bites and what they look like

Edited August 20, 2017 by peatff