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what is bloody biting my legs atm?

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VietnameseCobbler · 14/07/2009 13:31

red marks

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belgo · 14/07/2009 13:35

Indoors or outdoors?

Midges, ants, mosquitoes, fleas, bed bugs.

VietnameseCobbler · 14/07/2009 13:38

indoors

bed bugs?

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MadreInglese · 14/07/2009 13:39

fleas if you have pets

VietnameseCobbler · 14/07/2009 13:41

we front line the cats

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VietnameseCobbler · 14/07/2009 13:41

do you get midges in GB?

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belgo · 14/07/2009 13:42

yes you can get biting midges in GB.

jumpingbeans · 14/07/2009 13:44

Proberly mossies, i got bitten on my leg last weekend, god alone knows what it was but it swelled about the size of a tea plate was very red,very hot and has left a black scab/hole in the middle.

MadreInglese · 14/07/2009 13:44

they could still have fleas cadging a ride on their hair, they just can't breed

we regularly frontline our cats but our long haired one always has a stowaway flea or two

VietnameseCobbler · 14/07/2009 13:46

JB yes i did last week =two on my foot

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VermoxQueen · 14/07/2009 16:35

Does it happen overnight? If so, may well be bed bugs. Your local council probably treat them for free - we had this and I was bitten every night for a month or so (felt like gnat bites). Council said probably wasn't bed bugs but they sprasyed the room for free anyway and after 2 or 3 days it was fine and I haven' tbeen bitten since. There are loads of biting insects that it could've been, apparently...

JohnDory · 14/07/2009 16:36

hmm it is at night.
But we have the doors open all eveening too

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