Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 If springtails for me it was cracks, crevices, wall voids, decks, yard, around and concrete, sidewalks, foundation, the attic and basement. Spray all windows with orange guard put DE around sills and frames. My creatures likes anywhere it was dark or moist. I also felt like I was the breeding ground too. And if not infested once myself I would thought myself insane:) Treat your drains to! http://www.collembola.org/publicat/sidney.htm Ideal conditions for Collembola result from high humidity in conjunction with excessive organic debris. In addition to whatever nutritive material that may be present in the organic matter, mildew spores can form, contributing further sustenance. Collembola infestations can be suspected whenever mildew odors are detectable. Infestations tend to increase during hot, humid weather, and decrease during cold weather when the heating system dries the air and the building structure. Even during the drier periods, however, springtails may be found in great abundance around the insulations of steam and water pipes ( et al., 1962; , 1966:20; Ebeling, 1975). http://morgellonspgpr.wordpress.com/category/collembola-springtails/ > > OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. > > Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 You may want to start fogging every three days to kill them. Cedarcide helps, but is expensive. Marie gets her cedarcide at a horse and stable shop for $70 dollars, but it won't have the silica. Bill uses 1/2 cup borax and 1/2 cup windex and either 2 table spoons of coconut oil or a 1/2 cup of epsom salt to fog or spray with. He says the epsom salt will cause the paint to peel. Bifen is not good for humans to breathe, but I amd some others have sprayed base boards and ceilings with it, too. Many here will give you ideas. I may have gotten Bills formula wrong and he will correct me. Get on it before they multiply. From: southernbuggirl <jenpingolt@...>Subject: Black bug updatebird mites Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 1:49 PM OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo.Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 M - thank you so much for the advice and the links....I learned more in the last half hour than I ever could have trying to consult with the so called " experts. " I've got to get busy....how we went from bird mites to springtails I'll never know but it seems because we live in a humid place (south carolina) and are surrounded by nature (we back up to a nature preserve, with a golf course behind it) and organic matter (mulch, etc) we are sitting ducks! We also have one of those air spa tubs, which I never use because it spits mold....I am going to start there and get under the house with some Bifen ASAP! > > > > OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. > > > > Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Southerngirl, I started with a birds nest and mites but the springtails were the persistent parasite for me. I found getting busy and tackling this myself was the only way because I declared WAR:) Being that its fall now is a good time to start and just at the break of winter, then first spring, first summer and again in the fall. This will take persistence and you must be relentless. Keep this pattern all, the time there after. the granules for the yard are a MUST in my opinion. Yes you like I have the perfect environment for the beast. Springtails like birds nest and habitat with mites. Kill the beasts! > > > From: southernbuggirl <jenpingolt@...> > Subject: Black bug update > bird mites > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 1:49 PM > > > Â > > > > OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. > > Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hi Sara Fogging kills bugs add 1 cup of windex & the antifreexe will poison everything, its best not to come in contact with to much ethelyne glycol ( anti freeze) causes liver & kidney failure, I re coat everything w/ the 2 tbls coconut oil 1/2 cup borax & 1 /2 cup epsom , it locks down the poisons under the super fine mist from a 48 oz chapin sprayer, $12.00 at Ace hardware or www.chapin.org ( it makes it super convient to lock down all bugs on the spot too . I am changing to 2 tbls grapeseed oil in the winter due to coconut oil forming to a solid at 76 degrees, I hope grapeseed oil dosent go rancid ( does it ? Does any body know ?) . Coconut oil dosent . A least my 2 yr old bottle of coconut oil never did go rancid. God bless you , Bill On Tue Oct 19th, 2010 5:05 PM EDT Benton wrote: > >You may want to start fogging every three days to kill them. Cedarcide helps, but is expensive. Marie gets her cedarcide at a horse and stable shop for $70 dollars, but it won't have the silica. Bill uses 1/2 cup borax and 1/2 cup windex and either 2 table spoons of coconut oil or a 1/2 cup of epsom salt to fog or spray with. He says the epsom salt will cause the paint to peel. Bifen is not good for humans to breathe, but I amd some others have sprayed base boards and ceilings with it, too. Many here will give you ideas. I may have gotten Bills formula wrong and he will correct me. Get on it before they multiply. > > > >From: southernbuggirl <jenpingolt@...> >Subject: Black bug update >bird mites >Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 1:49 PM > > > > > > >OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. > >Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Thanks Bill. I don't know about grapeseed oil. I bet it will be alright. I put coconut oil in with the grapeseed and it hardened immediately. dumb move. oh well, I'll buy more grapeseed.>>>From: southernbuggirl <jenpingolt@...>>Subject: Black bug update>bird mites >Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 1:49 PM>>> >>>>OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo.>>Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! >>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Warm the combo up before you use it and it should be just fine. They are both great oils to use. Maybe throw a little food grade DE in there. B > > > > > >From: southernbuggirl <jenpingolt@...> > >Subject: Black bug update > >bird mites > >Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 1:49 PM > > > > > >Â > > > > > > > >OK - so the body of the bug has smooth edges - not rough. It has a different head and antenna than the bed bug....After looking at tons of photos I think it does most resembles a springtail.....I will see if my camera can enlarge the samples I have to a size that you all can take a peek...if so, I will post a photo. > > > >Along those same lines, I have also found a ton of red fiber looking bundles - the are shaped in the same form as the bug but they are clearly fibers - not a bug....or maybe a cocoon of a bug....I know that sounds insane but it's what I am seeing on our bedding and clothing. I do not have any open lesions at this point (I am so fearful of Morgellons......) so where are these things coming from??!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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