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elleng

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4. Just read about them, not really 'lice' or 'bugs,'

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 08:28 PM

Aug 2018

but 'the translucent creatures are almost invisible to the naked eye when they're in water, and they're actually the larvae of the thimble jellyfish.'

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Sea Lice Outbreak Makes Ocean City Beach-Goers Miserable. [View all] elleng Aug 2018 OP

Darn, I'm supposed to spend some time nearby at Bethany, DE beach. JoeOtterbein Aug 2018 #1

Sorry. We used to go there, elleng Aug 2018 #2

Hopefully they will drift out by the time I get there JoeOtterbein Aug 2018 #6

YES, I hope so! elleng Aug 2018 #7

Stink bugs, bed bugs, super lice. Now 'Sea Lice,' new one for me. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #3

Just read about them, not really 'lice' or 'bugs,' elleng Aug 2018 #4

Yep! They sting like little spikes. Almost as bad as the jellyfish. JoeOtterbein Aug 2018 #5

Got that part, thanks. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #8