Straw itch mites are common in many crops, but especially wheat straw. These creatures are a mere 1/125 of an inch yet they produce bites that can linger for over a week.

This is the straw itch mite, which is closely related to the oak itch mite, under a microscope. (Photo from the United States Department of Agriculture) ...

Still, investigators seemed to be narrowing in on an invasive variety of itch mite from Europe — the oak leaf gall mite, Pyemotes herfsi — a close relative of the straw itch mite.

Comet-shaped rashes are a hallmark of the toxin-laden bites from the mite Pyemotes ventricosus, also known as the European straw itch mite. In fact, it's called the "comet sign." It's not present ...

Chigger-like bites on your arms? They're probably from oak itch mites, which are booming right now, perhaps because of the 17-year cicadas. Here's what you need to know about the bugs.

Another mite causing itches and swelling this fall is a long-known cousin of the oak leaf mite, the straw itch mite, Talley said. That mite was well known to settlers who slept on straw beds.

The researchers concluded that the workers' rashes were caused by a type of mite, called the straw itch mite or Pyemotes ventricosus, which has been reported in only three outbreaks since 1981 ...

More and more people are reporting unusual rashes and itchy bites from oak itch mites, which feed off cicada eggs.

Other species of Pyemotes include straw itch mites, long known since the days people brought straw into their homes for mattresses and other various uses.

Itchy mites, gall itchy mites, no matter what you call them - a bite from one can leave you just that - itchy.

Mystery Itch Has Chicagoans Scratching Their Heads Health officials believe a tiny mite may be to blame.