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What has bitten me? Warning: pic's included

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:35

Felt an itch while out last night, located on inside calf, where seam of skinny jeans lies.
Took off jeans about 11:30 and noticed a very small bite. Took oral antihistamine and bathed area.
Small blister had developed by morning, also red and rather warm. Pen marked edge of red area at 8:30am
This is it now, 24 hours after first feeling the itch.
Any ideas of the critter that caused this?

What has bitten me? Warning: pic's included
What has bitten me? Warning: pic's included
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MaMisled · 19/05/2024 21:53

I had a bite EXACTLY like that 2 summers ago whilst wearing cuffed walking trousers. Both GP and Practice Nurse said False Widow Spider bite. 😲

lhlh · 19/05/2024 21:52

I’d keep an eye on it. I think that when a horse fly bites, it can give you the infection at the time of the bite. So even if you don’t pierce it, it could still be infected. If that red area gets any bigger I’d go to GP for antibiotics. I had to have antibiotics for a horse fly bite a few years ago (UK).

I’ve also been bitten through clothes. Dh literally saw my bum being bitten through trousers and knickers. He tried to hit the insects but my bum was just too tasty and I got bitten a lot (abroad).

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 21:50

@Joolsin
For such tiny creatures it's amazing the damage that they can inflict x

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Needapadlockonmyfridge · 19/05/2024 21:50

unsync · 19/05/2024 20:40

Could be a Blandford fly, they tend to blister.

I have had blisters just like this with Blandford Flies.

Twice I have ended up with cellulitis as a result - have never had it from horse flies or anything else bitey. Those Blandford flies are something else!

ciaopizza · 19/05/2024 21:45

I woke up with something very similar to this on my calf. Popped it (mistake) and now have a scar. It took ages to heal and the infection went down into my ankle. I think it was a spider as I didn't go to bed with it.

Crispynoodle · 19/05/2024 21:43

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:39

@Crackwillow

I had been wearing my jeans all day, they are tight. I'm not sure on could have got so far up/down my leg. I do react in this way to horseplay though. Good suggestion x

No more horse play for you then!

gettingolderbutcooler · 19/05/2024 21:41

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:39

@Crackwillow

I had been wearing my jeans all day, they are tight. I'm not sure on could have got so far up/down my leg. I do react in this way to horseplay though. Good suggestion x

Horseplay...🤣
Was this really a result of you and your DP mucking about? Come on, be honest. 😜

BuckFadger · 19/05/2024 21:37

Are you sure it's not a stuck on Jelly Tot?

WonderingWanda · 19/05/2024 21:33

I get that from horseflies

shuffleofftobuffalo · 19/05/2024 21:32

Horsefly or a spider I reckon. Be very careful with that blister.

Allmarbleslost · 19/05/2024 21:32

Horseflies do that to me

longdistanceclaraclara · 19/05/2024 21:29

I react like that to horseflies

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KnittedCardi · 19/05/2024 21:23

Yeah, mossie bite. I do that with the little tiger bastards in Italy and France. Never been bitten here though! I do react to midges here.

Imisscoffee2021 · 19/05/2024 21:18

I got bitten by mosquitos in Sweden one summer as they're rife in the North mlssy stretches and we were hiking so no escape. A few of my bites went like that, bug blister exactly like yours with the allergic reaction swelling round.

Joolsin · 19/05/2024 21:09

I got one like that on my ankle from a tiger mosquito in Northern France last year. Ended up having to get it drained, antibiotics, the works. Stupid mozzies.

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:59

@firef1y
Yes, I will try by best not to let the blister burst. x

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:57

@Elphame
It's rubbish, poor you.
I hope you have a bite free summer x

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:55

@Daphnis156
I would take the plague over creature bites 😂

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Elphame · 19/05/2024 20:54

Mosquitos will do that to me.

I react horribly to insect bites and some blisters are easily 2cm across

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:54

@ploberby
Definitely not hogweed, not been out of the city yesterday. It does grow in the countryside nearby.

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Daphnis156 · 19/05/2024 20:52

It might be plague.

ploberby · 19/05/2024 20:51

Could be a reaction to hogweed?

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MyCatsAreFuckwits · 19/05/2024 20:50

@Moier
I have only reacted like this to mosquitoes while abroad.
I took antihistamine as soon as I got home and again today x

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firef1y · 19/05/2024 20:50

Horse fly
I react in a similar if more extreme way. Do your utmost not to scratch/burst the blister. IME they are very prone to getting infected

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