Ridecamp: Fw: [RC] More evil insects

I keep forgetting you can't just hit "reply" when someone posts a message as
"guest"...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Milinda Ellis" <milinda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] More evil insects


> Amanda,
>
> This sounds like "seed ticks".  Yes, they're hard to see and even harder
to
> pull off.  They like getting beneath elastic, so check 'higher up', too.
> They have no sense of decorum...
>
> If you get into them again -- you can bathe in water with Chlorox added (a
> pretty good bit needs to be added to the tub).  Also, you can use vicks,
> vaseline, or baby oil to smother them and make them turn loose easier.
> Then, I've found Campho-phenique or Absorbine Jr. helps ease the itching,
> etc of the bites.  I don't see why you couldn't dilute Absorbine liniment
> and use it in lieu of Absorbine Jr (which I haven't seen in years).  Voice
> of experience here...
>
> Milinda Ellis
> Beargrass Cleveland Bays
> Jewett, Texas
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:41 AM
> Subject: [RC] More evil insects
>
>
> A. Perez walkergirl@xxxxxxxxxx
>   Last weekend my husband and I drove out to the GWnational park and hiked
a
> bit.  We were on fairly clear trails most of the time, but when we got
home
> and pulled off our socks, we found our feet and ankles covered with
> teeny-tiny blood-sucking insects.  At first glance they looked like the
> blood-spots left behind after a flea bite, but on closer inspection the
> reddish brown specs were the bugs themselves, which looked like very small
> ticks (even smaller then dee-ticks). They were very hard to remove, and
two
> days later have left very itchy, fluid-filled, tiny red blisters.  Nasty!
> Any of you who have ridden the Old Dominion ride encounter these before?
> (We were not far from Fort Valley).  I am curious what exactly they are..
> Chiggers?
>
> Amanda, scratching her ankles and cursing
>
>
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