(Updated 8/19 at 12:25 p.m.) Some Arlingtonians suspected it a few weeks ago, and an entomologist with Virginia Tech has now confirmed it: those mysterious, itchy red bug bites generating a buzz here ...

More and more people are reporting unusual rashes and itchy bites from oak itch mites, which feed off cicada eggs. “We have seen a significant increase in our suburban locations compared to our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged ...

The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful, itchy remnants of a ...

A new pest may emerge in Ohio as Brood XIV cicadas conclude their 17-year life cycle. Oak leaf itch mites can bite people, and cause an itchy, rash-like reaction. They also feed on cicada eggs. Oak ...

Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

Oak mites are making more people than usual miserable with itchy, welts and bumps on their skin. A Northern Virginia allergist has good news and bad news and advice for what to do. Oak mites are ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - WARNING! This story may leave you scratching. Just their name is enough to make you wonder what that feeling is..."Itchy Mites!" They go by a few different names but it's all the ...

D.C. artist Michele Banks says she first began to feel the itch earlier this month after she had wandered around oak trees in search of squirrels to photograph — leaving her with redness, swelling and ...

While the eardrum-breaking sound of the Brood X cicadas have left the D.C. area, scientists are now explaining how the insects are causing another problem that has been a frustrating summer mystery ...