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Ty Korrigan
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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

 

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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

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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.

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