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  • Jul 31, 2007, 04:14 PM
    neadysamurai
    Tiny jumping bugs on skin
    There not fleas that I know, they are really tiny and narrow with an orange color to them but not dark orange kind of light and some are more white . You can only see them if the light is just right and I know I'm not crazy cause my wife has seen them 2 I only know to look when I feel a pinch and when I go to smash it they jump and I can't find them again .
    These bugs are really small about this big - and narrow like that .
    They don't leave welts but I itch really bad and I'm really paranoid cause I can't see them only when they pinch .

    Oh and when I do get one they smash real easy so there not hard like a flea I thought possibly a baby flea and I also thought maybe a midge but I've looked up pictures and that's not what they look like nor do they look like lice or bed bugs .
    Help me I'm freaking out!

    Edit they do have wings but since there so small you can't see unless you look really close and there wings a bit black but not noticeable unless looking real close
  • Jul 31, 2007, 04:26 PM
    jrb252000
    Maybe it is a springtail?
  • Mar 1, 2013, 12:39 PM
    NurseL
    Why don't you Google "thrips". I get attacked by these all the time and my husband thinks I'm crazy. This usually only happens outside though... Are you getting pinched inside?

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