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Tiny pests can cause irritating bites for those raking and handling oak leaves
Kansas City, Mo. – A word of caution before you leap into a pile of raked up oak tree leaves this fall. The nearly microscopic oak leaf itch mite could cause some bites similar to those left by chiggers. The insect-like mites were an irritating pest in some areas of western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma in late summer and autumn. Some may be lurking in oak leaves that have fallen to the ground, said Rob Lawrence, forest entomologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
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Bill Graham
Tiny pests can cause irritating bites for those raking and handling oak leaves
Kansas City, Mo. – A word of caution before you leap into a pile of raked up oak tree leaves this fall. The nearly microscopic oak leaf itch mite could cause some bites similar to those left by chiggers. The insect-like mites were an irritating pest in some areas of western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma in late summer and autumn. Some may be lurking in oak leaves that have fallen to the ground, said Rob Lawrence, forest entomologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
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