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--Apple-Mail=_603A3207-893A-4381-AFBE-82005F403B53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Jane forgot her location, which I=92m guessing is Sackville? (NS). Jim = in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spider/centipede (?) bite > Date: August 30, 2015 at 7:53:43 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > We have fire ants on our street! Our daughter got a mysterious bite = that sounds like yours. Could fire ants be the culprit? > Jane Schlosberg >=20 > -----Original Message----- From: David & Alison Webster > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 6:56 PM > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Spider/centipede (?) bite >=20 > Dear All, Aug 30, 2015 > On Aug 17 I brought in a load of wood and carried some armloads of = small > to the truck in the crook of my left arm. When I got home and washed I = found > a red raised area on my left forearm, distal of the elbow crease by = about 1 > cm; dull red, about as large as a quarter and raised about 3 mm in the > middle. The next day the joints of my left hand, digits and wrist, = ached > noticably but only a few hours that one day. Over the following 13 = days the > red area has gradually become fainter and lower; now still almost = quarter > sized but barely present . >=20 > I was not aware of having been stung where the reddish area is but = the > wood tier was also a red ant apartment and I had many ant bites; a = mild > sting would have been dismissed as just another ant bite. >=20 > There frequently are spiders in these wood shelters and sometimes > centipedes. So I am wondering if any of our species might be able to = do > this; cause these symptoms without a noticable (painful) sting. >=20 > There is no halo and I eliminated deer tick because it is not like a > tick > to bite and run. >=20 > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_603A3207-893A-4381-AFBE-82005F403B53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Jane = forgot her location, which I=92m guessing is Sackville? (NS). Jim = in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Dave&Jane Schlosberg <<a = href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&= gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] = Spider/centipede (?) bite</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">August 30, 2015 at = 7:53:43 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div>We have fire ants on our street! Our daughter = got a mysterious bite that sounds like yours. Could fire ants be = the culprit?<br>Jane Schlosberg<br><br>-----Original Message----- From: = David & Alison Webster<br>Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 6:56 = PM<br>To: <a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Sub= ject: [NatureNS] Spider/centipede (?) bite<br><br>Dear All, = &n= bsp; &nbs= p; Aug 30, 2015<br> On Aug 17 I brought in a load = of wood and carried some armloads of small<br>to the truck in the crook = of my left arm. When I got home and washed I found<br>a red raised area = on my left forearm, distal of the elbow crease by about 1<br>cm; dull = red, about as large as a quarter and raised about 3 mm in the<br>middle. = The next day the joints of my left hand, digits and wrist, = ached<br>noticably but only a few hours that one day. Over the following = 13 days the<br>red area has gradually become fainter and lower; now = still almost quarter<br>sized but barely present .<br><br> I = was not aware of having been stung where the reddish area is but = the<br>wood tier was also a red ant apartment and I had many ant bites; = a mild<br>sting would have been dismissed as just another ant = bite.<br><br> There frequently are spiders in these wood = shelters and sometimes<br>centipedes. So I am wondering if any of our = species might be able to do<br>this; cause these symptoms without a = noticable (painful) sting.<br><br> There is no halo and I = eliminated deer tick because it is not like a<br>tick<br>to bite and = run.<br><br>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_603A3207-893A-4381-AFBE-82005F403B53--