We live in a world where our daily lives require us to go outside a lot. The air feels good on our skin, especially in summer and spring, but the wind is invisible. Just as the wind is invisible, the insects carried by the wind are also invisible. Today we are going to tell you about the creatures that travel on the wind that can harm us, bite us, or cause unpleasant skin conditions and changes.
Ticks are very tiny insects that are often invisible to the naked eye alone. Ticks are so small and light that they can only be seen under a microscope. And because mites are easily carried by the wind, a microscope is needed to see them. You can often find the tiny bugs crawling on your clothes and even on your skin and in your hair. This is one of the reasons why it is so important to disinfect and change your clothes when you get home.
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Fleas and ticks, along with other biting insects, can cause skin diseases and infections. These tiny bugs attach themselves to our clothes and then carry them home with us and infect our homes. I have found all kinds of bugs, including ants and assassin bugs, on my clothes. I have even been out and come home with flea bites on exposed skin. These mites are very common and you may encounter them every time you leave the house, although you may not see or feel them. It is only when you notice small itchy spots appearing on your skin or bites on your body that you know you have encountered these mites.
Read the full article on itch mites from the Illinois Department of Public Health here.
We all worry about flying insects and the infections and diseases they cause, but there are also many bugs that are invisible to us due to their small size, such as dust mites, chiggers, and house mites. These bugs don’t need wings to move around, they simply drift on the wind and land on you as you walk by.
“Ticks are microscopic insects that belong to the same scientific category as spiders and ticks. Several species of mites bite humans, other mammals, birds, and reptiles. Mites have no wings and cannot fly, but they can spread through the air. On human skin, all mites cause itching and irritation, but biting mites include chiggers, scabies mites, straw mites, and bird mites” (Brooke, A. November 22, 2019). Flying and Biting Mites. Science. https://sciencing.com/mites-fly-bite-8567833.html
Just because mites are small doesn’t mean they’re all harmless. Even though mites float on the wind or don’t have wings to fly, they can still travel on the wind via airborne animals such as birds. This is how bird mites travel. Ticks act as parasites and can use other animals to travel if necessary. This is how various diseases spread around the world and how parasites spread around the world.
So it’s really important to always bathe when you come home from outside, get changed when you come into the house, limit where you store dirty clothes, keep dirty clothes separate from clean clothes, and make sure you cover your hair if it’s too windy or you’re in a dirty environment.
In many states in the United States, you won’t encounter wind-borne spiders, but there are a few states where spiders fly through the air. Spiders tend to be very small and light, so it’s easy for them to float on the wind or be carried by the wind during storms or high winds. These airborne spiders are found in states along the West Coast as well as in East Asian countries. There is also a type of spider called the ‘Norwegian’ spider that travels across the United States on the wind.
Read the full Florida Times article on the spider
Spiders bite, and their bites are painful but may not be fatal. Even if you don’t encounter a spider itself, which flies in on the wind, you may be struck by a spider’s web, which can also fly up into the air. I once cut my eye on a spider’s web while walking outside, so it’s important to be careful with spiders.
While you may not have encountered this flying, gliding snake in your state, it certainly does exist in the United States and Asia. This snake appears to swim or glide along with the wind, and as the snake’s body is light, it is naturally carried by the wind, so you may encounter it in real life.
You can read the full article about flying snakes here.
Flying snakes are venomous, though not deadly, so be careful when traveling and avoid them if you see them flying on the wind.
Spiders and snakes are poisonous but they do not necessarily kill us or leave our skin dead. Still, their bites can be painful, itchy and leave scars. Ticks can ride on other creatures to move around, so they do not need wings to move around. Fleas move on birds and ticks can float on the wind. Ticks can leave rashes on the skin that can make us self-conscious and uncomfortable with our skin. Some mites reproduce quickly and can take over our home and environment in no time, like lice, so we need to be careful to develop good habits to prevent mites from contaminating our space and spreading to our loved ones and those around us.
To learn more about mites/parasites, the skin diseases and infections they cause, how to develop a parasitic mite infection, how to get rid of mites, and how to detoxify your body, home, and bedding for better health and wellness, contact Barbara Frank at barbarafrank_20815@hotmail.com
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