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I too have a lot of black pepper looking things around my home they get into everything and sometimes they pierce your skin and when you try too remove it I see that it just goes deeper and deeper into my skin. I would like to know we’re these come from and how to get rid of them. I have also seen those little pinkish red things they actually be on my ceiling fans and it feels like they are dropping things on my head and when I look up at them they hide and than every now again peek out there heads to drop something do n it’s so small I don’t know what it is and I live around a lot of water can someone help please!!!! #752654
Asked May 28, 2021, 6:39 AM EDT
I too have a lot of black pepper looking things around my home they get into everything and sometimes they pierce your skin and when you try too remove it I see that it just goes deeper and deeper into my skin. I would like to know we’re these come from and how to get rid of them. I have also seen those little pinkish red things they actually be on my ceiling fans and it feels like they are dropping things on my head and when I look up at them they hide and than every now again peek out there heads to drop something do n it’s so small I don’t know what it is and I live around a lot of water can someone help please!!!!
Dallas County Texas
Expert Response
I am not sure what this might be. Chiggers will burrow into skin, and could look a bit like flecks of pepper. Here is a link to a fact sheet: https://schoolipm.tamu.edu/files/2021/03/chiggers-E365.pdf
As for the ceiling fan dwellers, do they drop down on threads? If so that's some kind of spider. A vacuum cleaner is usually a good way to remove them from your house.
