Insects / Parasites in Clothing!

Transformed · #1 Aug 24, 2006, 08:16 AM

HELP!!! Does anyone know what this is? Can you help me research this pest?

I've been searching the internet and writing people for several weeks. Yet I haven't been able to find information on this pest. So it must be something new.

People are contracting a tiny white insect, arthropod, or parasite from clothing of retail stores or other people. This pest is neither a mite nor a flea. It's not lice. It looks like fiber or thread. Yet it's not affiliated with Morgellons or Fibre Disease.

Please pay close attention as I describe the physical attributes and symptoms of this pest. If someone has this pest, they will see 3 types of White things:

1) tiny round things about the size of a spec of salt; some are a little larger
2) tiny, oblong shaped, things that look like a piece of thread or fiber; varies in length from 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch long (It grows.) **It unfolds itself to fly. It crawls also.
3) slightly larger round white things that jump.
I see #1 and #2 most often.

If someone has this pest, they will have the following physical symptoms:
1) Bites that sting
2) Red skin rashes and/or small red bumps
3) Lighting sensations; Victims will feel the pest or its eggs lighting on their skin.
4) Optional: Itching **I don’t itch, but another victim has an itching problem.

Entomologists, Health Departments, medical doctors, and pest control companies aren’t familiar with this pest. Some professionals will claim there’s no such thing. Therefore, it's difficult for pest victims to get help. **This pest is not related to Morgellon/Fibre Disease.

If you have any information on this pest or if you know anyone who is infested with it, please write me at: twfparasite(at)yahoo(dot)com (Use the “at” symbol and period.)

Thanks for your time and assistance.

caadev · Apr 12, 2007, 07:36 AM

Please help!!! I've had this problem for months! Two exterminators did not believe me, said it was lint. Ammonia seems to get rid of them. We can't be having the same hallucinations. Steve 917-353-9250

gnahcd · Nov 20, 2007, 11:47 PM

A thread-like organism that flies? If it doesn't have wings, it isn't likely to fly. It might be able to "float" on the wind, but not actively fly. http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/ent...tpdf/ent58.pdf

ec64 · Nov 23, 2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Transformed

HELP!!! Does anyone know what this is? Can you help me research this pest?

I've been searching the internet and writing people for several weeks. Yet I haven't been able to find information on this pest. So it must be something new.

People are contracting a tiny white insect, arthropod, or parasite from clothing of retail stores or other people. This pest is neither a mite nor a flea. It's not lice. It looks like fiber or thread. Yet it's not affiliated with Morgellons or Fibre Disease.

Please pay close attention as I describe the physical attributes and symptoms of this pest. If someone has this pest, they will see 3 types of White things:

1) tiny round things about the size of a spec of salt; some are a little larger
2) tiny, oblong shaped, things that look like a piece of thread or fiber; varies in length from 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch long (It grows.) **It unfolds itself to fly. It crawls also.
3) slightly larger round white things that jump.
I see #1 and #2 most often.

If someone has this pest, they will have the following physical symptoms:
1) Bites that sting
2) Red skin rashes and/or small red bumps
3) Lighting sensations; Victims will feel the pest or its eggs lighting on their skin.
4) Optional: Itching **I don’t itch, but another victim has an itching problem.

Entomologists, Health Departments, medical doctors, and pest control companies aren’t familiar with this pest. Some professionals will claim there’s no such thing. Therefore, it's difficult for pest victims to get help. **This pest is not related to Morgellon/Fibre Disease.

If you have any information on this pest or if you know anyone who is infested with it, please write me at: twfparasite(at)yahoo(dot)com (Use the “at” symbol and period.)

Thanks for your time and assistance.

My 4 year old wore some new jeans out of the packet last weekend.All week she has had a rash that starts with red blotches,then they turn a purplish pink and are raised slightly,rather like bruises to look at,then they turn into small red spots.They dont irritate or itch.The rash starts where the leg of her underwear is and finishes at the top of where her socks would be.My local pharmacist is mystified and just said they resembled bites but were too localised as only the thigh to ankle area was affected.Could this be this parasite that can live in fabric?



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