WTF is Biting Me?

[Doofus]

I'm not susceptible to biting insects. Got bitten by a spider once, and a friend's dog gave me fleas, but that's about it.

We have a wild flower meadow, and over the weekend, I went through it in shorts (as I have doen countless times in the past), and something has bitten the crap out of my lower legs. Nothing above the knee, but my shins and calves are in a bit of a mess, and the itching is driving me insane!

I've never suffered from biting stuff in long grass before (I grew up surrounded by farms, so spent a lot of time at risk), so what is it that's suddenly gone for me?

I've found no evidence of any creatures, but the bites are driving me mad! Anthisan doesn't seem to have any effect.

[Uncle John]

Did it draw blood? I keep getting bitten by something in the long damp grass down the side of my house.

Think it may be a deer fly.

[anonymous-user]

sounds like flea bites.

[Doofus]

No blood drawn.

It's not fleas. I've had flea bites before. And fleas are dead easy to catch, because they are slow biters.

[anonymous-user]

mosquito, fleas, ticks or ants not much bite in tall grass. unless you had an allergic reaction to something.

[Doofus]

Exactly. It's not mosquitos, fleas or ticks, and I doubt it's ants. I'm pretty sure it's bites though, not an allergy.

[anonymous-user]

maybe a louse or mite like bird mite or spider.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Nibblers, definitely nibblers.

Or plant allergy. Only you know what plants you have.

e.g. Parsnip plants and their wilder relatives (which you may well have in a meadow) can make skin photosensitive.

[mybrainhurts]

Clear symptom of Bubonic Plague...