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What's Biting Me?!
Published on: November 6, 2023

A person wearing a black shirt scratching their forearm.
Person scratching from an itching sensation. Photo by AJ Sikes.

Do you feel like something is biting you? Have red swollen spots on your skin?

There are many biting and stinging pests that could cause such reactions, such as mosquitoes, ticks, mites, bed bugs, fleas, and head lice. But sometimes it can be the result of an allergic skin reaction.

To learn more about the potential causes of itching and red swollen skin, join UC IPM on November 16th from 12-1pm PST on Zoom. This lunchtime webinar will be presented by Dr. Siavash Taravati, Area Urban IPM Advisor for the Los Angeles Basin area. Register here!

Can't make it? A recording of the live webinar will be posted to the UC IPM YouTube channel. You can also view the UC IPM Pest Notes below to learn more:

Public Value: UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Focus Area Tags: Family, Health, Pest Management
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Comments: 2
Comments:
by Jacqueline 'Jackie' Turner
on January 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I watched this presentation and would like to see parts of it again. I wondered when it might be posted to the Youtube channel?  
Thank you,  
Jackie Turner  
master gardener, Santa Clara County  
jturner95014@comcast.net
Reply by Lauren Fordyce
on January 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Jackie, we unfortunately had an issue processing the recording and were unable to upload it to our YouTube channel. You can read more about biting pests on our website at https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/menu.house.html#STING.
 
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