My body was absolutely destroyed by mites!

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Originally posted by: Descartes
I went to a blackberry farm the other day (maintained by a friend-of-a-friend, but that's not at issue) to pick as around 14 gallons (I didn't weigh it) of berries for a wine I am making. Like a city moron I went out there in shorts and sandals, because I honestly hadn't considered the possibility of being devoured by microscopic sycophants.

Anyway, fast forward ~12 hours and I wake up feeling like someone beat me with one of those tiny wooden bats you get at baseball games. I have huge welts all over my legs and the side of my body, and they are so numerous that they look like a solid mass at a short distance.

I don't know unequivocally that it was mites, but I can only assume it was some microscopic Arachnida constituent. I didn't think they could cause this level of damage.

I didn't want (sy|e)mpathy, but I would like to know if anyone has ever experienced such a thing. Also, the wine is turning out nicely thanks for my suffering.

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Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Vennon

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Vennon
Sounds like what we call chiggers around here, are the welts around your waistline as well?

Mostly around the waistline, yeah. 90% of them are on my hips. I didn't think chiggers were so brutal?

They're horrible if you get them as bad as it sounds like you did, they itch like crazy

Yeah, I've never known anything to itch as bad.

I'll be more careful next time.

Put some finger nail polish on them.