Comments on: Water Oak http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/water-oak/ By Woodworkers, For Woodworkers. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Shawn Wesche http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/water-oak/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Shawn Wesche Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:10:46 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?p=736#comment-725 I think they were bugs that bit you! You just couldn't see them. Itch Mites Itch mites are a fairly new insect discovery, first noted in 2004, according to University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension. They are microscopic insects that will bite humans causing itching and irritation. The oak leaf gall mite feeds on the larva of midges. More than 16,000 mites can fall from a single infected leaf, according to UNL Extension. The mites can land on people causing painful, itching bites. Mites need about four hours on a human before they start biting. Read more: Mites on Oak Trees | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_7234940_mites-oak-trees.html#ixzz1QU9aoLRh I think they were bugs that bit you! You just couldn’t see them.

Itch Mites
Itch mites are a fairly new insect discovery, first noted in 2004, according to University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension. They are microscopic insects that will bite humans causing itching and irritation. The oak leaf gall mite feeds on the larva of midges. More than 16,000 mites can fall from a single infected leaf, according to UNL Extension. The mites can land on people causing painful, itching bites. Mites need about four hours on a human before they start biting.

Read more: Mites on Oak Trees | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_72349.....z1QU9aoLRh

]]> By: peanut http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/water-oak/comment-page-1/#comment-715 peanut Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:15:29 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?p=736#comment-715 i have a water oak tree in my back yard and it ate my dog i swear it did and then my dad choped it down so it wouldnt eat me. i have a water oak tree in my back yard and it ate my dog i swear it did and then my dad choped it down so it wouldnt eat me.

]]> By: paige http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/water-oak/comment-page-1/#comment-714 paige Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:13:38 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?p=736#comment-714 ok, this one time i was out campin g and there was nothing around so i sat under a tree and turns out it was a water oak tree and you know what it did....... IT BIT ME and there was no bug under me ya so that is my experience with water oak trees. ok, this one time i was out campin g and there was nothing around so i sat under a tree and turns out it was a water oak tree and you know what it did……. IT BIT ME and there was no bug under me ya so that is my experience with water oak trees.

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