# Bugs in the Attic that Bite You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523 "2016-09-21T19:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/1 "2016-09-21T19:11:20Z")
So I have been crawling around in the attic the last few days, starting to remove the stuff I have stored up there and picked up bug bites which look ugly but don’t sting/itch at all and wonder what they could be? I live in the Midwest. Spiders? Anything else? Any dangers? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/2 "2016-09-21T19:18:42Z")
Is there fiberglass insulation? Everytime I am in the attic I end up with little cuts or irritations regardless if I touch the insulation or not. I think that cardboard boxes + dust also have a drying irritating effect. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/3 "2016-09-21T20:32:37Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Is there fiberglass insulation? Everytime I am in the attic I end up with little cuts or irritations regardless if I touch the insulation or not. I think that cardboard boxes + dust also have a drying irritating effect. This was going to be my guess as well. Crawling around fiberglass is a great way to pick up micro-cuts. The lack of itching threw me off because mine itch like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/4 "2016-09-21T21:32:14Z")
So you haven’t actually seen any bugs, just the bites (or whatever they are)? If that’s the case, I’d probably go with the fiberglass theory as well. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/5 "2016-09-21T21:53:02Z")
Fourthing on the fiberglass theory! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/6 "2016-09-21T23:45:44Z")
Bugs in the Attic They Bite You Bugs in the Attic They Bite You Bugs in the Attic They Bite You Skip to My Lou My Darling ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/7 "2016-09-22T01:01:37Z")
Haiku: Up darkest attic The past things become the now. Arm has paid the price. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/8 "2016-09-22T01:04:44Z")
Don’t play in attics! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/9 "2016-09-22T22:20:34Z")
I was really hoping someone would suggest At-Ticks. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-the-attic-that-bite-you/766523/10 "2016-10-13T19:30:51Z")
I went to the doctor for a regular checkup the other day. His opinion was that it was a brown recluse spider. [I had a fairly minor reaction–compared to the symptoms some people get.]