Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 The other week I found something in the bath tub, that looked like a bird mite to me under the microscope. Sent it off to the entomologist who diagnosed me with blood-sucking mites 2 years ago. Also wrote him that I was still fighting the blood-suckers he diagnosed and that my life has been a nightmare since. His answer was, that the example showed a dust louse and that I should get my house tested for mold.... end of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 How confusing. I tried to find out precisely what " dust lice " are but could only find that there is no clear insect which has a common name of " dust louse " . It seems to be more of a generic term which may or may not be interchangeable with " book louse " (or book worm). So I suppose it is more like the generic term " bird mite " which can be applied to a number of different type of mite. This lead me to a variety of candidates including, Liposcelis bostrychophila & Trogium pulsatorium (which isn't actually a louse but looks like one). They look rather similar. Are these similar to what you observed? http://www.google.com/search?q=liposcelis+bostrychophila & hl=en & client=firefox-a & hs=qeB & sa=X & rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official & biw=1334 & bih=832 & prmd=ivns & tbm=isch & tbo=u & source=univ & ei=4WQCTtbXEs-CtgfVn_CODg & ved=0CCAQsAQ & http://www.google.com/search?q=Trogium+pulsatorium & hl=en & client=firefox-a & sa=X & rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official & biw=1334 & bih=832 & prmd=ivns & tbm=isch & tbo=u & source=univ & ei=P2oCTvKDLMK3tgeB5tWfDg & ved=0CBkQsAQ Then again, perhaps hat you found in the bath was not related to your bites. BTW Have you noticed anything happening with the predatory mites in your car? It came up somewhere in the posts about predatory mites that the Dutchys might crawl upwards. From what was said in the paper " Candidate Predators for the Biological Control of the Poultry Red Mite, Dermanyssus gallinae " , I think it is unlikely that Hypoapsis would crawl upwards. All the bestKrysOn 22 June 2011 15:45, Aggi <aggi_assmann@...> wrote: The other week I found something in the bath tub, that looked like a bird mite to me under the microscope. Sent it off to the entomologist who diagnosed me with blood-sucking mites 2 years ago. Also wrote him that I was still fighting the blood-suckers he diagnosed and that my life has been a nightmare since. His answer was, that the example showed a dust louse and that I should get my house tested for mold.... end of -- They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones. Only the keeper sees That, where the ring-dove broods, And the badgers roll at ease, There was once a road through the woods. Yet, if you enter the woods Of a summer evening late, When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools Where the otter whistles his mate. (They fear not men in the woods, Because they see so few) You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, And the swish of a skirt in the dew, Steadily cantering through The misty solitudes, As though they perfectly knew The old lost road through the woods…. But there is no road through the woods. The Way Through the Woods - Rudyard Kipling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hello Krys, the dust louse did look exactly like the ones in your links, but dust lice do not bite human beings. The Prof. wrote: 'Dust lice can cause an unpleasant crawling on your skin'. Would be happy if I had that only !! I was just stunned again that this so-called parasite-pope had no scientific interest in my case at all. > > > ** > > > > > > The other week I found something in the bath tub, that looked like a bird > > mite to me under the microscope. Sent it off to the entomologist who > > diagnosed me with blood-sucking mites 2 years ago. Also wrote him that I was > > still fighting the blood-suckers he diagnosed and that my life has been a > > nightmare since. > > His answer was, that the example showed a dust louse and that I should get > > my house tested for mold.... end of > > > > > > > > > > -- > They shut the road through the woods > Seventy years ago. > Weather and rain have undone it again, > And now you would never know > There was once a road through the woods > Before they planted the trees. > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > And the thin anemones. > Only the keeper sees > That, where the ring-dove broods, > And the badgers roll at ease, > There was once a road through the woods. > > Yet, if you enter the woods > Of a summer evening late, > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > Where the otter whistles his mate. > (They fear not men in the woods, > Because they see so few) > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > Steadily cantering through > The misty solitudes, > As though they perfectly knew > The old lost road through the woods…. > But there is no road through the woods. > * > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hi Aggi,Seems likely that you had a random insect which happened to find its way into your bath & probably has little or nothing to do with your mite infestation. It is just unfortunate that you sent it to the bloke for ID. For future ID insects have distinctive, head, thorax, abdomen segments with their six legs growing from the thorax, whereas acari have two only faintly visible segments. I agree there seems to be not a lot of interest, from the scientific world, in studying mite infestations in humans.......they seem far more interesed in studying mite infestations in poultry, maybe because there is more money given to research from the highly profitable poultry industry? On 22 June 2011 18:30, Aggi <aggi_assmann@...> wrote: Hello Krys, the dust louse did look exactly like the ones in your links, but dust lice do not bite human beings. The Prof. wrote: 'Dust lice can cause an unpleasant crawling on your skin'. Would be happy if I had that only !! I was just stunned again that this so-called parasite-pope had no scientific interest in my case at all. > > > ** > > > > > > The other week I found something in the bath tub, that looked like a bird > > mite to me under the microscope. Sent it off to the entomologist who > > diagnosed me with blood-sucking mites 2 years ago. Also wrote him that I was > > still fighting the blood-suckers he diagnosed and that my life has been a > > nightmare since. > > His answer was, that the example showed a dust louse and that I should get > > my house tested for mold.... end of > > > > > > > > > > -- > They shut the road through the woods > Seventy years ago. > Weather and rain have undone it again, > And now you would never know > There was once a road through the woods > Before they planted the trees. > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > And the thin anemones. > Only the keeper sees > That, where the ring-dove broods, > And the badgers roll at ease, > There was once a road through the woods. > > Yet, if you enter the woods > Of a summer evening late, > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > Where the otter whistles his mate. > (They fear not men in the woods, > Because they see so few) > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > Steadily cantering through > The misty solitudes, > As though they perfectly knew > The old lost road through the woods…. > But there is no road through the woods. > * > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > -- They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones. Only the keeper sees That, where the ring-dove broods, And the badgers roll at ease, There was once a road through the woods. Yet, if you enter the woods Of a summer evening late, When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools Where the otter whistles his mate. (They fear not men in the woods, Because they see so few) You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, And the swish of a skirt in the dew, Steadily cantering through The misty solitudes, As though they perfectly knew The old lost road through the woods…. But there is no road through the woods. The Way Through the Woods - Rudyard Kipling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 So true Krys, no connection, just a coincidence. The thing is, that whenever you put a sticky tape on a small insect like a dust louse in this case, it is getting squashed. I could not see any legs nor antennas under my hand-held magnifier (not the best one btw), just a brownish colour and the shape, and being afflicted with bird mites, I just thought I had cought one. Infact, there is a little bit of mold I must take care of around my bathroom window which might have attracted the dust louse. Well, I totally agree with you on the fact that a chicken seems to be more valuable than a human being. > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > The other week I found something in the bath tub, that looked like a > > bird > > > > mite to me under the microscope. Sent it off to the entomologist who > > > > diagnosed me with blood-sucking mites 2 years ago. Also wrote him that > > I was > > > > still fighting the blood-suckers he diagnosed and that my life has been > > a > > > > nightmare since. > > > > His answer was, that the example showed a dust louse and that I should > > get > > > > my house tested for mold.... end of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > They shut the road through the woods > > > Seventy years ago. > > > Weather and rain have undone it again, > > > And now you would never know > > > There was once a road through the woods > > > Before they planted the trees. > > > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > > > And the thin anemones. > > > Only the keeper sees > > > That, where the ring-dove broods, > > > And the badgers roll at ease, > > > There was once a road through the woods. > > > > > > Yet, if you enter the woods > > > Of a summer evening late, > > > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > > > Where the otter whistles his mate. > > > (They fear not men in the woods, > > > Because they see so few) > > > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > > > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > > > Steadily cantering through > > > The misty solitudes, > > > As though they perfectly knew > > > The old lost road through the woods…. > > > But there is no road through the woods. > > > * > > > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > They shut the road through the woods > Seventy years ago. > Weather and rain have undone it again, > And now you would never know > There was once a road through the woods > Before they planted the trees. > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > And the thin anemones. > Only the keeper sees > That, where the ring-dove broods, > And the badgers roll at ease, > There was once a road through the woods. > > Yet, if you enter the woods > Of a summer evening late, > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > Where the otter whistles his mate. > (They fear not men in the woods, > Because they see so few) > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > Steadily cantering through > The misty solitudes, > As though they perfectly knew > The old lost road through the woods…. > But there is no road through the woods. > * > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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