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michellehock65
Aug 18, 2010, 02:41 AM
What is a springtail bug? My husband has found them in his skin,they start looking sort of like a sand flea bite,then turn into lesions that are painful until he scrapes off or out the tiny black hair like jumping bugs,they also have 2 small antanae on one end.also very itchy.help. We are all going crazy! Thank you

Catsmine
Aug 18, 2010, 03:08 AM
This page should answer a lot of your questions.

Collembola (http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/collem.html)

You will note that most entomologists have not studied them laying eggs in humans, which is my opinion of how they seem to be associated with these skin irritations.