Cicadas will likely first emerge during the third week of April or when areas experience “good rain,” cicada expert Gene ...
(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Welts and pink bites from oak itch mites have sent a rash of people to suburban doctors’ offices. Family ...
That itchy bug bite on your leg might not be from a mosquito. In fact, it could be from an oak itch mite, which feed off cicada eggs -- and bug spray can't stop them. “We have seen a significant ...
Kritsky said cicadas have been reported to lead to oak leaf itch mite, but that’s mainly when people spend time under oak trees six to 10 weeks after the cicadas have laid their eggs.