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--001a113f957278215d051ead9bcd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Care for creation and creating day! And quite a province we share. Nick On Aug 31, 2015 9:14 PM, "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Jane forgot her location, which I=E2=80=99m 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 > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- From: David & Alison Webster > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 6:56 PM > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Spider/centipede (?) bite > > Dear All, Aug 30, 2015 > On Aug 17 I brought in a load of wood and carried some armloads of smal= l > 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 t= he > red area has gradually become fainter and lower; now still almost quarter > sized but barely present . > > 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. > > 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. > > There is no halo and I eliminated deer tick because it is not like a > tick > to bite and run. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > > --001a113f957278215d051ead9bcd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Care for creation and creating day! And quite a province we = share.<br> Nick</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Aug 31, 2015 9:14 PM, "Jim Wolford"= <jimwolford@eastlink.ca&g= t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div sty= le=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Jane forgot her location, which I=E2=80=99m gue= ssing is Sackville? (NS).=C2=A0 Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin fo= rwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-to= p:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"fo= nt-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><s= pan style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Dave&Jane Schlosberg <= <a href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">dschlosb-g@= ns.sympatico.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin= -right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:&#= 39;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;mar= gin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica&#= 39;;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:&= #39;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>T= o: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><a href=3D"ma= ilto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>= <br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-botto= m: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:'H= elvetica'"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank"= >naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div>We have fire ants on = our street!=C2=A0 Our daughter got a mysterious bite that sounds like yours= .=C2=A0 Could fire ants be the culprit?<br>Jane Schlosberg<br><br>-----Orig= inal Message----- From: David & Alison Webster<br>Sent: Sunday, August = 30, 2015 6:56 PM<br>To: <a href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca" target= =3D"_blank">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Subject: [NatureNS] Spider/centi= pede (?) bite<br><br>Dear All, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Aug 30, 2015<br> =C2=A0=C2=A0O= n 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 foun= d<br>a red raised area on my left forearm, distal of the elbow crease by ab= out 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 alm= ost quarter<br>sized but barely present .<br><br> =C2=A0=C2=A0I was not awa= re 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 ha= ve been dismissed as just another ant bite.<br><br> =C2=A0=C2=A0There frequ= ently 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> =C2=A0=C2=A0There 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></blockqu= ote></div><br></div>&