I was just out in the garage and I saw a couple of these tiny red spider-like bugs on the workbench that kind of zipped around in circles upon being disturbed--looked kind of cute, and I paid them no mind. A few minutes ago I came back in the house and was looking at a sheet of paper and felt something biting or stinging my bicep just above my elbow. I looked carefuly and saw one of these little red bugs right at the point it was beginning to feel like a sting. I swabbed it off with a moist sponge. Anyway I went online and came to this site. It was not a chigger. Make no mistake it was either biting or stinging me and gave quite an irritating stinging sensation not unlike a fire ant or mild bee sting. I rubbed some baking soda/water mixture on it and it is pretty much subsided after 20 minutes. I assure you I am now a little paranoid about these, whatever they are, and no longer see them as cute little harmless creatures. My first inclination was to think they were "red spider mites" but I don't really know. Any ideas?

Keilamarie, Perhaps you need to take a closer look at those so called basement spiders of yours. You will find that they have little pointy ears and green pointy hats with bells on the tips. Your basement critters are actually little tiny elves that are working around the clock for all the good little boys & girls. Santa Claus chose your basement over all the rest because of its warmth. Due to the fact that both you and your husband often hang out in your basement, the constant lighting down there has provided not only adequate lighting for the elves to work late at night, but also provides free heating as they work into the weeeeeee a.m. hours of the morning. SantaÂs itty bitty elves often descend close to your husbands head because they want to take a closer look at him because they are totally amazed with how long he appears from up above. Santa Claus recently told me that his tiny elves enjoy talking amongst each other while working above your husband. Actually, your husband is often the topic of the night. Sooner or later one of those itty bitty elves will land on your husband to finally get a good look at how long he actually is. I really feel that once one of SantaÂs little helpers can actually land on your husband, the curiosity will be over and the two of you will be left alone as SantaÂs itty bittyÂs work above your hang out spot. I hope my input will help both you and your husband in dealing with those little so called basement spiders of yours. Sincerely, Mrs. Claus North Pole-U.S.A.

ashley, I agree. Her first suggestion was that she would take SD to a doctor in the town she live in. She quickly changed her mind, probably after realizing she would have to pay for it then. She called at 7am this morning to talk to SD, but SD was asleep. When SD woke up at 8am, I had her call BM back. BM told her she can't talk right now, she'll call her back in two minutes because she has to say goodbye to BF because he's going to work. That was 10 minutes ago. I'm not holding MY breath, but SD is. SD will watch the clock & wait. [btw, the order says phone calls are to take place between 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday] Of course, DH reminded her of that when she told him to 'go read the order!' and he told her to stick to that. Then, yesterday SD called her during the 4-6 time and she tells her she'll call back at 7. She didn't call last night at 7, she called this morning at 7. Then, I let SD call her back at 8 (DH had already left for work) and she tells her she can't talk because she has to say goodbye to her BF. Good reason!!! I'm sure it makes SD feel really special... So, new question.... should I ignore her calls before 4pm? DH doesn't get home until 6:30pm so it's up to him to let her talk or ignore the calls in the evening, but should I stick to waiting until 4pm as that's what the order says? My DH says it's up to me during the day because I'm the one here and it's my phone. Our landline is dedicated to my business fax machine so we don't answer it but I do have SD call her from it. When BM calls, she calls my cell phone which a) uses up my peak minutes and b) my cell phone is my business line & when SD is talking to BM, she ignores incoming calls... not that she could answer my business calls. DH has already told her to stick to the ordered times since she's been such a pain in the ass lately and I'm feeling like she's calling just to see if we'll let her talk since he told her that. So, I'm torn between wanting to stick to the times because she's just calling to show she can call whenever she wants but if we don't let her talk to SD, then she can say 'look, they are keeping you from me' to SD even though most of the time, she never calls or answers her phone anyways. If we do let her talk, she won't take DH seriously. She'll think she doesn't have to abide by the order, she can do whatever she wants. Funny how she doesn't want to talk until DH tells her she can't or is limited. Then it becomes important... because it's about battling with us, not talking to her daughter! And for that reason, I am leaning toward letting her call because I know it takes away the power struggle. Not sure which way to go with it. I don't really want to undermine DH either and he told her no already.

there are some types of bugs and flies that will actually put an egg under the skin and it will begin to grow and the small hole thing is how it breathes, if it starts to swell up get it checked asap, mosquitoes can actually carry them too.Google botfly larvae an article about a man that got infected while on vacation bot fly youtube has several videos showing them and the removal