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Identifying Little Black Biting Bugs?

February 28, 2017

A picture of little black bugs.I had little bugs crawling on me, in my hair and in my clothes. I kept finding black specks that didn't move. I would notice glitter on my face in the sun light. I didn't realize this was scabies. I washed, sprayed and bombed; nothing seemed to work. Unfortunately, I gave scabies to my friend. She told me the only way to get rid of these bugs was to get ivermectin.

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My tip is if you are having little black specks and feeling like something is crawling all over your body, see your doctor and have them to prescribe ivermectin. :)

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August 16, 2019

I've suffered in all aspects- mostly now mentally I suppose, for over a year from bug bites that hurt, itch, more than anything I've ever felt. I've also been "stung, bitten," to extremes where I sweat in pain, and scream! They are teeny, and burrow in my skin. They look black mostly, and the sores eventually become huge, thick ugly scabs- that is if I don't dig them out due to pain or uncontrollable itching.

I've tried everything! I've been to 3 dermatologists. The one I'm staying with, tried pills to work internally. No such luck! I use 1 pill for night itching, as nights seem worse, as do outdoor bites. I am afraid to go out, but I force myself. I hate looking at my once clear skin. So showers are very stressful. I'm afraid of them honestly. I close my eyes. I actually met another woman who had a mild case on the back of her legs. She found green tea ointments, Cetaphil hand/body soap, Cetaphil lotion, and green tea leave in moisturizer-meant for hair-made by Green Tree, all help. I believe "they" despise green tea wipes, gels, anything, and many times all the black things eventually come out of sores. I even use green tea shampoo & conditioner. I keep my long hair pulled up mostly.

It's a full-time, ridiculously stressful job, putting on 10 ointments, over counter non-drowsy allergy pills, washing and conditioning my hair with Green Tea hair products, lotions, changing my clothes 2-3 times daily, always after a shower! I used to bag all clothes from the dryer, but getting dressed took an hour, and truly I don't notice a difference. I've been told - no dryer sheets or liquid softener. I use Lysol liquid made to add to laundry soap. I do have a very very low immune system, and think my hours of gardening when my dad was dying, is where I may have contracted "them" originally. I was often on my bare knees, no gloves, etc. for years. Now I fear the bites, stings, even venturing outdoors.

My dermatologist is going to do a biopsy if "counseling" doesn't help. At least he's not cruel, and he does care. How much of my story, wondering, sounds like "U"- anyone? Has anyone been successful totally or on their way to a cure? This has destroyed my entire self - stolen my identity, depressed me to very low places, and then life's problems, blessings, are super hard to be present! Thank you to anyone, and I surely understand this "disease" as scary, awful, for all.

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June 5, 2021

The tiny black spec is some kind of a bug. I have been finding them crawling on my skin randomly only when I'm at work. Can someone help identify this? They don't bite. At least not that I'm aware of.

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June 6, 20210 found this helpful
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You do not say what type of work you do but undoubtedly these bugs are from your work area. Id you have potted plants in your work area that may be a source of 'home base' for these bugs.

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If you're in a 'food supply/serving/cooking' the packages food may be their home base.
You will have to discuss this with your manager/co-workers to try and find where the base starts as this is where you have to eliminate their source of food.

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July 20, 2020

What is this tiny bug? I can't include a picture because they are too small to see through camera. They are tan in color and have two long antennae. Their legs are not visible. They almost look like eraser shavings walking around. Whenever I try to squish one, it jumps somewhere else. Or maybe it doesn't jump and it's because it has a hard shell so that it is almost flicked somewhere else in a way.

I've never seen them before. Today though I've seen 3. One on my keyboard and two on my desk. There is a lot of dust in my room which may be why. Today was hotter than normal days (100 F) and quite humid. Maybe the temperature is why they're here. Just asking if anyone has experience with these bugs, know what they are, and if they are bad/can harm me. Thank you!

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July 23, 20200 found this helpful
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I know they can not harm you, but they can bite you. They are like a flea and are a no see-em or even a sand flea that jumps around. They do bite and the bite is horrible and leaves a large red mark on the skin because they nip the skin and when this happens it swells up and gets water where the bug has bitten you.

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They are horrible to kill and we have them here on the islands. We do spray for them but they seem to never die and come back all the time. During our warmer months of the year, they are worse than the other times of the year here.

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June 8, 2017

We spent a week in an apartment in Paris where I woke up almost every morning with very itchy bites - definitely not bedbugs. I finally found mostly dead little black bugs, no wings, about 1/4 inch in length, on the white tile floor near an outlet. They were renovating the apartment next door, and my theory is that they sprayed, and these bugs came through an outlet in the very old building. But what were they? Identifying Small Black Biting Bugs

 

I put them in a sealed plastic bag and gave them to the owner, but she has had no luck in identifying them. I would love to be the one who is able to identify them for her.


Thank you...someone!

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January 30, 2011

Does anyone have small black bugs hiding in fuzz or cat hair? I have long hair and they find it on the floor. Twice I have found one in my hair. They have 2 or 3 hairs on them that comes out if you put water on them. They also stand on 2 long legs. I have lived here many years and have never seen them until lately. I hope someone answers before they drive me nuts. Thanks.

By gettz from northwest MT

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January 31, 20111 found this helpful

Since you mention they are on/in hair, fuzz or cat fur and you can see the details about this mysterious bug perhaps you could place one or more of them in a jar and take them to your local health department for identification for serious evaluation of a problem I doubt any of us here have dealt with. My guess is that they are miniature dust bunnies. Good Luck!

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February 7, 2017

My husband was bitten in bed and thought it was a flea, but I saw a bug that I assume was the one that bit him and it wasn't a flea. It was small about a pin head maybe bigger and it smushed when I killed it.

It left a bite that looked like a mosquito bite. Any ideas? It is black and oval shaped?

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April 7, 2020

I just need some advice, we've had small black bugs outside that jump, but don't fly the past week. We ain't sure what they are or if it's the weather? We've been bitten a few times and not sure if that's the bugs? Every time I or my dog goes outside they are attached to my trousers or socks and his fur. It seems to happen when we go in the garden. Identifying Tiny Black Biting Bugs - long thin black bug

 

I couldn't see any bugs when I came downstairs this morning, nothing in the water dishes.

I let the dog outside and he brought some in and I've seen some on my socks. I can't find any nests anywhere. They just appear out of nowhere, if it wasn't for the house being clean and my dog being white it would be hard to notice these. Would you know what they are or how to deal with them?

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May 7, 2018

I have been getting bits at night on my legs and a few on my back and arms this past week. I found a small black bug crawling on the bed. Can anyone identify it? The bites seem to get itchier and red after 24-36 hours.

I think I'm getting bitten at night and I don't think it is bed bugs. In Dublin, there has been a slight change in weather. Thanks.

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April 13, 2018

What are these brown/black bugs that get on the sheets or walk across the room, living room, dining room, my car, laundry room, and kitchen? They just bite me and it's annoying and embarrassing. I don't like to go anywhere cause I have bug bites all over me.

I have hardwood floors with cracks in the living room, hall, and dining room. There is carpet upstairs in 2 rooms and a hall. And now flea season is right around the corner. I have a dog and a Conure parrot. I have seen them on my husband's clothes and they are always on my clothes even after I wash in hot water and dry on high heat. I use detergent, borax, blue Dawn soap, vinegar, and essential oils as a rinse. Sometimes I add peppermint castile soap in the wash. I also use salt, baking soda, and borax on the carpeted floors.

They have slowed down some, but not for long. I clean 100s or more off of my bed at night with duct tape. I have vacuumed and called an exterminator. I need to know what they are. They don't jump; they crawl from some where on my sleigh bed frame, from the carpet, and I have seen them on my box spring. I do have a mattress and pillow encasement. Please help!

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April 12, 2017

What are these tiny black bugs? Every night they fall on my settee and bite. Any idea what these are please, they are tiny, easy to break in half. They can run, but don't fly. They look like black house lizard poo and only appear at night in one place.

I think they fall from the wooden ceiling. I've never seen them before, now it's constant. When they started, we saw two bright green beetles on the ceiling which we killed, but they still keep coming. There are dozens every night.

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March 18, 2015

How do you get rid of them?

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July 12, 2012

I am having a problem with tiny, black biting bugs. You feel it on your skin and it's gone like a flash of lightning. It bites leaving a terrible itch and small bump. What can this be?

By Sandy H

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June 1, 2011

Something keeps biting me when I sit on my couch. They are minute, whitish-to-clear little "balls". Since I can't figure out what they are, I can't figure out what to do about them. I just happened to catch one on my neck this a.m. and squished it. It popped when I compressed it like it was full of liquid. Could they be "no-seeum" bites?

By Martha

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July 15, 2011

I have bugs that keep on biting me. I've had this problem for a year and I can't get rid of them! You can't see them unless you look closely. They're white and oval shaped with no visible legs. They are kind of hard, but can be squished.

They bite like bed bugs, but they bite during the day, too. They bite on my feet, arms, back, private area, scalp, and most annoyingly my face. I can feel them bite, too. The bites end up looking like zits.

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I shower twice a day and they still keep coming back. I'm afraid I'm spreading them everywhere (furniture, people, my house, clothes).

Someone please help! What is biting me?

By AnoanymousD

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April 14, 2020

I have a big problem. My pets and I are getting bitten by a small black bugs. First they bite your legs and then the whole body starts to itch.

Do you know what they are?

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April 23, 2018

I have bites all over me and bugs all over me. They stick to me and are annoying me. They are everywhere. I see them on my husband, but they don't bother him; they bother me. I can't wear certain clothes, because the white ones are all over it. They are in every room in my house.


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August 1, 2011

I recently moved into these apartments, after a week something start biting on me, just me. My son lives with me and he says he is not affected by this. I can't see them. They came out and sprayed, but they are still there. What can I do? I am scared to go home. I can't go to sleep at night because they attack me all night long. I move around the house and they are there. I feel that something is in my shoes and can feel the crawling. I think I might have something in my bed, maybe a bug.

By Charlotte P.

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July 16, 2019

I have little black and gray bugs with clear wings that get in your hair and on your scalp and bite til you have deep severe sores. What kind of bug is it?

How do you kill them and there eggs? I've had them for months and months. They have cleared up, but never completely went away from very first time.

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April 24, 2019

Does anyone know how to get rid of these little black bugs that are everywhere in my house? They are on me and on my dogs. They are biting us and are a pain in the butt.

We have tried everything and nothing has worked. Someone told us to try Kleen Green.

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July 18, 2018

I have tiny black bugs on the wall underneath the window they crawl on the bed. They don't have blood when squashed, it's almost impossible to squash them though cause they are so small. They are soft, very hard to see, but they bite.

They don't seem to leave marks though. I live in CT and just noticed them and have been up all night. I had to bathe my kid as she was itching. Please help.

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August 7, 2019

I found this bug on my leg and am wondering what it is. I have been bitten constantly in the house over the past 2 weeks and need help ASAP!

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May 23, 2019

There's a little black bug that bites me at my feet and it leaves red bumps. Every time I try to kill it it hops away and when I'm walking around the house and look down there is always 1 of them on my foot until I brush it off.

I need help finding out what type of bug this is.

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March 25, 2019

Tiny black bugs have been crawling on me. They have sharp hard bites like a mosquito. The bites are mostly on my back, butt, and back of my thighs. I feel them crawling everywhere. It 1st started 6 months ago. I woke up and something was crawling across my forehead. I woke up to the crawling sensation. Then they were in my hair.

Nothing the doctor gave me works. I have taken invamectin. I've use permethema cream and I took bleach and vinegar baths. I bought bed bug spray and Raid bombs. My doctor even gave me cream for eczema. She thought it was eczema, but it wasn't. The only thing that seems to kill them and give me a little relief is Blue Star ointment, but I have to mix it with Vaseline because it burns in my groin area. I was tested for scabies; it was negative. Pest control said negative for bed bugs. I have no pets. I'm African American and I use grease in my hair so no lice.

The doctor thinks it's just hypersensitivity, but I've seen them. When I apply the Blue Star they die. I catch a lot between the creases of my back or legs. I put them in a zip lock bag, but the doctor didn't know what they where.

I however do notice that when I turn my air-conditioning on I feel them worse. I don't know if this is dust mites that come in at the AC vents or if it is spring tails. I did see a lot of water in my bedroom window when the weather was kind of cold. I live in Florida.

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