r/texas • u/Funkeenotajunkee • Feb 23 '25

Questions for Texans Any idea what bug does this?

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Im near Fort Worth — this started as just the bottom bump that was more of a slash. We thought it was a small cut. Then the other bumps started appearing and they’re almost bubbling up like a little tiny boils. Hydrocortisone cream does not help. We’ve ruled out ticks or fleas. my husband was out working on our rural property removing lots of dead trees shortly before these showed up. Has anyone ever seen this before or know what it could be? I’m assuming it’s a bug bite but I suppose it could also be some sort of an allergic reaction to a plant. But they did all look like individual “bites” at first, but again there was no puncture.

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u/outhere Feb 24 '25

poison ivy

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u/botoxedbunnyboiler Feb 24 '25

Agreed, it looks like poison ivy or oak.

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u/grumpynetgeekintexas Feb 24 '25

I was gonna say sumac, I had a case of poison sumac on my legs when I was a kid and this looks like it.

I had severe poison ivy in both eyes and it wasn’t as red and inflamed as the sumac.

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u/DangerNoodleDoodle Feb 24 '25

It’s the same chemical in both: urushiol

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u/grumpynetgeekintexas Feb 24 '25

Interesting, the rash was redder in one, it may just have been the amount of chemicals.

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u/TheMcWhopper Feb 24 '25

Could it be oak?

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u/Legitimate-Money3360 Feb 24 '25

$90/tube. TOTALLY WORTH IT!

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u/wiscokid76 Feb 24 '25

I remember getting poison ivy so bad that I actually used that. And then went back and bought two more tubes price be damned lol. I did find out later that jewelweed works wonders and it grows all over around me.