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Post by icebear on Sept 5, 2006 9:08:27 GMT 7
I have a sneaking suspicion that my mattress, or perhaps my apartment in general, has some critters that enjoy my flavor. I never see any bugs, and have fresh traps laid in most corners. Still, I seem to wake up every morning with one or two new itchy bumps to replace the ones that just receded. I've looked over the mattress, changed the bedding, and have yet to actually spot any of the little m'kayers, but obviously something is stinging/biting me in the dead of night.
What gives? Ideas/suggestions?
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Post by Missi on Sept 5, 2006 10:04:26 GMT 7
They could be mosquito's.
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Post by icebear on Sept 5, 2006 10:21:07 GMT 7
That would make more sense, as the apartment is clean and bug free as far as I can see. They certainly feel like mosquito bites, but I've yet to actually see any mosquitos anywhere here. Can't stand these few little itchy spots, whatever it is that is causing them!
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Post by Lotus Eater on Sept 5, 2006 10:34:19 GMT 7
Try using some of the green stuff that you can buy in the supermarkets - it is really good anti-mozzie stuff. Otherwise use a plug in electric anti-mozzie mat - also from the supermarkets. Rid or any other brand seem to work fine. That way if they are mozzies, they won't bite you - bed bugs might still and you'll know what you are dealing with.
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Post by mich on Sept 5, 2006 20:39:59 GMT 7
Maybe spray the mattress and leave to air for a day.
Also, have you dusted your room? I'm not saying this is a bad way or anything. But I'm talking about giving everything a really good sweep, mop and spray..like behind your beside tables for example.
A good cure for mozzies is dabbing a bit of white vinegar (white works best as discovered by Missi, I think it was...sorry if I'm wrong) on the bite. They go away in no time.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 5, 2006 20:41:56 GMT 7
I think mosquitos are the better guess. From what I gather, bedbugs leave a much nastier bite that you would be unlikely to confuse with a mosquito bite...
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 5, 2006 20:56:44 GMT 7
Turning now to my extensive library of insect bite photos... These are bedbug bites. They often seem to have a fluid-filled blister-like thing in the center. Yum. These are mosquito bites. In case you've never been bit.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 6, 2006 9:37:02 GMT 7
Bed bugs are also, to my understanding, relatively big m'kayers and easy to find. There are smaller things like mites as well. And fleas. Did the previous occupant have a pet?
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Post by icebear on Sept 6, 2006 12:09:28 GMT 7
Definately not the bed bugs judging from those pictures, probably just mosquitos then. Don't have any info on the previous occupant, except he was a foreign teacher and I think pets aren't allowed at all. The mites were suggested by a fellow teacher here, with the suggestion "You'll probably get used to them!". Maybe he's right, no new bites today.
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Post by Missi on Sept 6, 2006 13:01:33 GMT 7
Or maybe you are now on the Chinese diet... crap loads of garlic and vinegar and your blood smells bad.
Either way, good for you! No new bites!!!! YAY!
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Post by solongtinik on Sept 6, 2006 23:05:27 GMT 7
or take a shower evryday...LOL! peace out there!
i mean uve changed the beddings and cleaned the place...sounds like self infection? juz bitin'!
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 7, 2006 15:13:45 GMT 7
Meanwhile, I'm just bursting with curiosity about the bedbug-bite photo. Does this person have 3 buttocks?!?
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Post by Miss Motz on Sept 7, 2006 16:54:40 GMT 7
I have to ask, Raoul, how do you figure that...I could possibly make out 2 have to squint and NOT think about what part of the body it is....but 3 ?? huh??
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Post by Dajiang on Sept 7, 2006 17:41:25 GMT 7
Bedbugbites (cool word for a tongue twister) usually come in clusters, like the picture shows. A neat row of 4 or 5 small bumps is usually from bedbugs or a bedbug.
Try lighting the green incence coils at night. They apparently kill mozzies, or at the least deter them from biting.
Bedbugs suck. literally. Ive had them occasionally in dodgy hostels.
Dajiang
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 7, 2006 18:06:56 GMT 7
Well, Motzie, I clearly see 2 "cracks" here. I firgure they focussed in on the central "cheek"...
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Post by Dragonsaver on Sept 7, 2006 18:35:13 GMT 7
I think the lower one is the 'crack' and the upper the bend in the knee.
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Post by Miss Motz on Sept 7, 2006 18:38:04 GMT 7
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 7, 2006 19:30:41 GMT 7
No, I reckon it is the upper left shoulder and back, nowhere near the buttocks, and the crack being the upper left arm pressing against his torso. Those bites are quite large, and that is his back.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 7, 2006 21:31:28 GMT 7
Yes, I know. I understand. It's hard for some of you to accept a person with 3 buttocks and you have to grasp at all kinds of straws to try and justify it.
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Post by gretch on Sept 10, 2006 23:30:17 GMT 7
Yes, I know. I understand. It's hard for some of you to accept a person with 3 buttocks and you have to grasp at all kinds of straws to try and justify it. That, or it's been entirely tooooooo long since you've seen another human being in the buff....poor, poor baby (or at least one without 3 booties )
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Post by masuk39 on Sept 14, 2006 11:40:38 GMT 7
In many Asian countries, it's not unusual to see the whole of the bedding put outside in the sun to air, dry and if the sun is out, the heat tends to upset many of the bugs.
Is this common in China?
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 14, 2006 12:36:48 GMT 7
Used to be the same in the west until only a few decades ago.
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