CSchieck
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2013
- Location
- Statesville, NC
I live in NC, and something has infested my wood pile. The facts:
I have a bunch of Hickory that has been split and seasoning for about 9 months away from my home. The wood is elevated off of a dirt floor on pallets in a three sided storage shed. Storage shed is adjacent to a wooded area. Nothing else is stored in the shed other than the Hickory.
A couple of weeks ago, I loaded a bunch of the wood up and transported it in the jeep to my house. 5-6 sticks at a time, carrying them in both arms against my chest from the wood pile to the car and then from the car to a new wood pile. That night, my chest and arms that were covered by clothing were covered with some sort of insect bites. The itching was maddening. Prescription steroid cream calmed the bites considerably, but it took 4 days for the bites to go away. No new bites surfaced at any time after the initial application of the steroid cream. Nobody else in my home has been bitten at any time.
Told the guy who was nice enough to let me store wood in his shed, he told me I was crazy and there were no insects in the wood. Fast forward to this past Friday: We were getting ready to head out to a BBQ Comp, and he loaded up a bunch of wood in his truck from the same pile for us to cook with at the comp. Within two hours of loading up the wood, he and the passenger in his truck were covered with the same bites. Again, only under areas where clothing were covering. Nobody has ever seen a bug of any kind.
Question 1: What the heck is causing us so much misery?
Question 2: How do I rid the wood pile of these creatures without poisoning my wood supply?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Please.....
I have a bunch of Hickory that has been split and seasoning for about 9 months away from my home. The wood is elevated off of a dirt floor on pallets in a three sided storage shed. Storage shed is adjacent to a wooded area. Nothing else is stored in the shed other than the Hickory.
A couple of weeks ago, I loaded a bunch of the wood up and transported it in the jeep to my house. 5-6 sticks at a time, carrying them in both arms against my chest from the wood pile to the car and then from the car to a new wood pile. That night, my chest and arms that were covered by clothing were covered with some sort of insect bites. The itching was maddening. Prescription steroid cream calmed the bites considerably, but it took 4 days for the bites to go away. No new bites surfaced at any time after the initial application of the steroid cream. Nobody else in my home has been bitten at any time.
Told the guy who was nice enough to let me store wood in his shed, he told me I was crazy and there were no insects in the wood. Fast forward to this past Friday: We were getting ready to head out to a BBQ Comp, and he loaded up a bunch of wood in his truck from the same pile for us to cook with at the comp. Within two hours of loading up the wood, he and the passenger in his truck were covered with the same bites. Again, only under areas where clothing were covering. Nobody has ever seen a bug of any kind.
Question 1: What the heck is causing us so much misery?
Question 2: How do I rid the wood pile of these creatures without poisoning my wood supply?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Please.....