Reports of "mysterious bug bites" increase in winter Every winter the number of people contacting us through our 'Bugs website about mysterious bug bites seems to increase. The typical question is something like "I feel something biting me but I can't see anything ", or even " I've got bites all over my ______ but I can't catch whatever it is " . While there is a small number of insects and mites that actually do bite people most of these reports have a much simpler explanation. There are many causes for mysterious or unknown bug bites. Some are caused by real insects or mites (see the Causes of Mysterious Bug Bites article below for a list of possible culprits), but others are caused by non-arthropod agents such as allergy , drugs or even environmental chemicals . [Causes of Mysterious Bug Bites] Something as simple as winter-dry skin can even be mistaken for "bug bites". Everyone has probably felt the itchy, "crawl
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