Originally Posted by PhienixVixen

Well lets see. 1. When I opened the packages of crickets from Flukers it had the carpet beetle larva. So it is logical to assume that the larva came with the crickets from Flukers. I do not think that the magically just appeared in the package. So unless the Good Farie Lollypop shit them out during shipping they came from Flukers.

2. When my daughter went to bed she did not have those bites on her leg. There were there when she woke. She is 6 and sleeps in the same room with me so no she did not get up in the middle of the night and walk around the house or outside while I was sleeping. When she woke up she had the marks on her leg and face. So it is logic to assume that she got them while she was sleeping. Also we did not go out the past few days so it is Logic to assume that she did not get bit while outside, because she was not outside.

3. Once she woke up she started crying that her leg hurt. I looked and saw the marks. So again it is safe to assume that she got the marks in bed.

4. When #3 happened I took everything off her bed. Stripped off the sheet, blanket, and searched the pillow and pillow case. I even flipped the mattress, looked around the floor around the bed. The only thing I found was several of the carpet beetles. No spiders, ants, scorpions (we do not have those around the inside or outside of the house), no bed bugs, no fire ants, no fleas (we have no fleas), nothing but the carpet beetles. So it is safe to assume that these beetles somehow caused the marks on her. I honestly first thought it might of been a brown recluse, my first thought on any bite but it was not a brown recluse. I know what a brown recluse because several years ago in a different house I got bit by one. The doctor cut out a golf ball size of chunk of meat out of my leg along with a lot of puss. The back of my leg looks like I was shot with a small caliber gun that healed over. My husband got bit also and spent a week in the hospital due to being bit by one. He went into shock and almost died so I can speak from personal experience about the brown recluse. So I always worry about brown recluse first until I can rule them out.

5. I am an EMT and I looked at the marks carefully. No sign of necrosis (sign of a brown recluse that shows within a few hours of the bite). Other then worrying about a possible brown recluse ( none in the house) there is no worry about the bite. One does not just take someone to the ER because of a few bites unless it is an allergic reaction or if the bitter is known to be something highly venomous. No sign of infection either. SO don't pull that, oh I am better then you because I would of gone to the ER and you did not. The only thing the doctor would of said was just keep an eye on the bites, look for a rash, infection or signs of necrosis.

So Lucille stop trolling. I know what I saw come out of the package of crickets, I know what I saw and did not see around my daughter's bed. It could be that she rolled over on top of them and they bit or scratched her lightly with their legs in an effort to get away causing a possible allergic reaction, I do not know. It could be a possible allergic reaction due to the fact that my husband, son, 2 other daughters, and me have no signs of these bugs on our skin. What I do know is that she had no marks when she went to bed, had them when she got up, and the only thing around was those beetles.

I do know that these beetles are hard to get rid of once they infest your home. They destroy carpet, clothes, get into your food and your pets food. I do know that Fluker knows that they are infested with this beetle and they know that the larva is shipped out with their orders. If they were easy to get rid of then Fluker would not have them. Any company that knowingly ships out parasites with their product does not care about the quality or service that they provide.

Also my youngest is 9 months old and is crawling. I keep a very clean house and kill any bugs that come in, unless they are feeder insects. Due to the spider bites a several years ago I do not even allow house or wolf spiders to stay in the house.