Sand Fleas are in my house, I think.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » July 14, 2004 9:50 pm

If they are it just started so I've got to get a jump on it. Any tips.
This is the price you pay for living at the beach.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » July 14, 2004 10:01 pm

flea bombs, from a veterinarian...

Touch O Parrotdise · Post by **Touch O Parrotdise** » July 14, 2004 10:05 pm

what if you don't get them from a vet??

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » July 14, 2004 10:08 pm

Touch O Parrotdise wrote:what if you don't get them from a vet??

maybe the fuse won't work right...

Touch O Parrotdise · Post by **Touch O Parrotdise** » July 15, 2004 5:58 am

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creeky · Post by **creeky** » July 15, 2004 6:02 am

We have sandflies ... hmm .. wonder if they are the same thing ...
but please keep them over there - I live near the beach and dont have any here and I am allergic to them

Good luck getting rid of them!

Blonde Stranger · Post by **Blonde Stranger** » July 15, 2004 10:43 am

Eww. I thought "sand fleas" were those white crab things you see at the water line that bury themslves as soon as they're exposed.

There are a lot of icky things that bite down there. I just love the greenheads (they are especially annoying b/c even if you wear bug spray, they bite you and then decide you taste bad and they HURT when they bite) and the gnats that are small enough to get through your screens and drive you crazy. Let's not even talk about the red jellyfish which are about to appear (if they haven't already).

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 15, 2004 12:48 pm

Why is everyone blaming the sand. Sounds more like a hygene problem to me

Did they come in on your "Big Jersey Hair"

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 15, 2004 12:49 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote: Any tips.

New house.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 15, 2004 12:50 pm

Name them and keep them as pets.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 15, 2004 12:52 pm

There's probably not a single flea in your house. By now they've all married and raised very large families....

citcat · Post by **citcat** » July 15, 2004 12:54 pm

CaptainP wrote:There's probably not a single flea in your house. By now they've all married and raised very large families....

This may be scary, but very true! And I love the use of the phrase, "get a jump on it" when talking about fleas, OceanCityGirl!!!

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » July 15, 2004 1:41 pm

Eww. I thought "sand fleas" were those white crab things you see at the water line that bury themslves as soon as they're exposed.

Yep apparently theyre called sand fleas. But what I have is fleas that come in with all the surf bum boys that hang in my house. I have no animal for them to live on. Nobody else in my house has noticed thema nd they all think I'm crazy. That's another consequence of all that aquanet . It kills brain cells.

Name them and keep them as pets

What if I train them, form a circus and charge admission.
BlondeStranger, have you ever been to Brigantine. That is greenhead capital of the world. Once I took the boys there to surf. They ran out of the water because of the greenheads. There were a ton of them in my back window and I swear they formed a funnel cloud to follow me all the way home behind the van. Very scary. And when they bite you they don't move. Even if you shake your arm or try to brush them away. You have to kill them and even then they're still hanging on..

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 15, 2004 2:25 pm

What's a greenhead?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » July 15, 2004 2:29 pm

rednekkPH wrote:What's a greenhead?

a horsefly that leaves a *nasty* bite.

they bite, they don't let go, and they usually leave a bloody hole behind in your skin, which (for me, anyway) ends up in a huge, itchy welt.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 15, 2004 2:36 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:a horsefly that leaves a *nasty* bite.

they bite, they don't let go, and they usually leave a bloody hole behind in your skin, which (for me, anyway) ends up in a huge, itchy welt.

That doesn't sound like a whole lotta fun...

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 15, 2004 2:45 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:What's a greenhead?
a horsefly that leaves a *nasty* bite.

they bite, they don't let go, and they usually leave a bloody hole behind in your skin, which (for me, anyway) ends up in a huge, itchy welt.

I knew a girl like that back in college

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » July 15, 2004 2:50 pm

They were really bad in Ockracoke when we were there (that was probably 15 years ago). We (my little sister and I) were very freaked out when we found a dead one in the window of the van- we didn't know some insects actually had teeth!!

Blonde Stranger · Post by **Blonde Stranger** » July 15, 2004 3:12 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:
BlondeStranger, have you ever been to Brigantine. That is greenhead capital of the world. Once I took the boys there to surf. They ran out of the water because of the greenheads. There were a ton of them in my back window and I swear they formed a funnel cloud to follow me all the way home behind the van. Very scary. And when they bite you they don't move. Even if you shake your arm or try to brush them away. You have to kill them and even then they're still hanging on..

I've only been to Brigantine a few times, and the greenheads were really bad every time I went. Even while swimming with only my head out of water, they were right on it. I get a lot of joy out of slapping those little bastards dead.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » July 15, 2004 3:15 pm

They are also really bad in Chincoteague/Assoteague. Anywhere on the bay you find greeenheads. Here I am on the ocean side. No greenheads, gnats, or mosquitos. But I'd trade them anyday for fleas.

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Sand Fleas are in my house, I think.

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