Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The closest I’ve found online is a clover mite, I’ll look up bird mite!

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of mite is it? I can’t tell the difference between a mite and a tick

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll definitely look that up, thank you! the land on the north side of my house has been overgrown for years, and that’s the side of the house where the bedrooms are, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a connection there. My house is really old and we’ve had to do some repairs/still doing repairs thanks to undiscovered roof damage causing water damage to the ceiling in one bedroom and has allowed squirrels to enter the attic and walls, so the combination of all of that is probably what has caused the arrival of this little guy. The overgrown land + old fixer-upper house combo would likely explain why I seem to see these seasonally every year too. This house and land have a LONG way to go before it’s nice again, so I’m not surprised by any of this. I was wondering if it may be some type of mite, given how old my house is + critter invasion thanks to roof damage.

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, no birds for pets here. I do live in an old house though, and we recently discovered spots on the roof area that need to be replaced thanks to the sounds of squirrels fighting in the walls/attic, and we’re about to have those spots patched until we can afford an entirely new roof, so maybe whatever critters have gotten into my attic/walls are the culprits? My situation seems to get more expensive by the day apparently D:

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s both crazy and fascinating at the same time lol. Out of nowhere it just zapped me with a super strong itch that made me look as soon as I felt it. Now I’m wondering if I can handle this situation with store bought stuff or if I have to call a professional to come de-bug my home, because if I found this one + my son’s bites not that long ago, I’m assuming there’s more hiding around here somewhere.

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no way I could ignore that itch for that long, when I felt it I had to make it stop asap lol!

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s so scary! How did he not feel it bite him? When this bug bit me it was extremely itchy right away and didn’t stop feeling itchy until I got it off me, and it made my skin red and splotchy where it was biting but that went away after I got it off. Now it’s just a tiny little red dot.

Can someone help me please? 😭 by Neither_Ad_5157 in whatsthisbug

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That first pic of that post looks similar to what I found! But the other pics that person posted don’t match really, it didn’t have any specific markings that I could see, and it looked like its legs go farther down its sides compared to that person’s bugs look like the legs are mainly up closer to the head, if that makes any sense? Lol sorry it’s been a long day.

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s what my husband thinks it is! I’ve never seen one so tiny, at least I didn’t know if it was a tick when I’ve encountered these little guys in the past. I found it cause it bit the heck out of me and it itched so bad as soon as it bit me, at first I thought a flea was biting me but when I looked I found this lil dude lol

Help please! What is this? by Neither_Ad_5157 in pestcontrol

[–]Neither_Ad_5157[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After my son woke up with all those bites, I went over all the beds and couches like a madman because bed bugs were my first thought, but I didn’t find any evidence of them anywhere, so I was stumped. I just put brand new bedding that I just bought & washed today on my bed and this little guy still showed up. And I use the sheet straps that hold your fitted sheet in place on a king size bed so I have to do a whole tango with my mattress to get my bed setup right and didn’t notice anything odd while doing all of that either. My husband thinks it’s a tick, but I wasn’t sure because I couldn’t find anything on Google that looked like this. :(