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  • Aug 18, 2010, 02:41 AM
    michellehock65
    What is a springtail
    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
  • Aug 18, 2010, 03:08 AM
    Catsmine

    This page should answer a lot of your questions.

    Collembola

    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.

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