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what is this fly with fuzzy antennas ? #582492

Asked July 22, 2019, 2:47 PM EDT

I am being bitten by at least two different tiny flies inside my apartment. Both flies grow to about the same size as a fruit fly, although I mostly find them when they are so small they look like a speck. This one has fuzzy antenna - They seem to change color as they mature - or else there are several different varieties. I find these dead in my bedsheets and on the east facing windowsill. They seem to congregate near the cage of my two quaker parrots as well as in my bed. SOMETHING is biting me and tiny black or white hair-like 'things' emerge from my skin which I remove with tweezers. When I look at these 'things' under a microscope, they look like globs of eggs. Please help me. I live in the Lloyd District of Portland, in a newly constructed mid-rise apartment building and none of my neighbors seem to have these in their units. I'm actively treating my drains to eliminate drain flies with organic treatment; a professional exterminator sprayed and fogged with insecticide; and my birds have been quarantined three times to eliminate them as a source. Lab tests for Lyme have tested positive one month and then negative another month. Thank you

Multnomah County Oregon

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