Only me,
I've been reading some more about Gall midges (small orange bodied fly), because this is the one identified infection I'm pretty sure I do have.
Some snaps here:
Morgellons-Disease-Research - Jo's Album: Arthropods
I've been wondering why cant I get rid of it?...I mean flies need to mate for the females to lay eggs....so surely they couldnt complete this feat underneath my skin..could they? I mean, a female and male fly would have to find each other under the skin and then have sex. Very unlikely. So, meaning that the infection SHOULD gradually fade in time.
Apparently not with gall midges!! They are in the family
Cecidomyiidae "known for the strange phenomenon of paedogenesis in which the larval stage reproduces without maturing first. Even stranger in some species the daughter larvae produced within a mother larva consume the mother and in others the reproduction occurs in the egg or pupa." Cecidomyiidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the only family of flies where the larvae reproduce in various stages, without necessarily maturing.
Is this why I've seen larvae inside larvae shapes?
Is this why I've never found an adult female midge? (they've been eaten)
Is this why I've found 'half built' insects....actually not half built, rather half eaten by larvae?
These larvae will eat each other if hungry, as well as their mum. Talk about no respect!!
Is it any wonder I cant shake this infection? I think not.
Report over
Thanks for listening
Jo xxx