Re: Kitty's mites now neem

I'm constantly amazed at the vicious, nasty critters that live in Fl.
Present company excepted of course.

David Franzman
A Touch of the Tropics
www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites now neem


> In a message dated 05/11/2004 11:06:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> fm4re@swbell.net writes:
>
> > I don't know what these tiny red bugs are but they pack a wallop of a
> > bite! Haven't seen webbing so I guess that I'm currently free of those
> > type of mites! Fran
> >
>
> Sounds like what we used to call "red bugs" when I was  growing up in
> Florida.  You could be sure you would get a bunch of them if you played
with Spanish
> moss.  They would burrow in, especially under your belt and in other close
> places, and could make a real mess.  I remember being given a shampoo that
> contained some pesticide (boy, couldn't do that now) and told to shampoo
my hair in
> the shower and let it run down all over my body.  I have no idea what the
> species was, but I do remember the misery.  I hope you find an easy
solution.
> Auralie
>
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