How to get rid of these bugs?

[Himu]

I'm a pretty clean person. I pick up after myself, don't leave food in my room, and throw out the trash often. I wash my sheets at least every other week too.

Often I've come in contact with these little orange bugs biting me. They don't leave a rash, and the bites aren't even painful (more like itchy) but they're still annoying and a blight on my hygiene.

Google suggests that these bugs are thrips, which are common around pools. There's a pool nearby, but I'm tired of encountering these things. Anything I can do? The worst thing ever is walking, minding your own business and you encounter a small ass bug crawling at the top of your glasses.

[Eric P]

let me be the first to say "ew"

[Himu]

Totally.

[Himu]

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Entomology-Study-Bugs-665/Little-Orange-Biting-Insects.htm

[Himu]

rofl

Well, I wear blue and white a lot. One of my habits though, is to grab a small leaf off a tree or bush and rip it in half. I'm reading that these things love plants to death so maybe I'm grabbing a leaf or two with thrips on them.

[fistfulofmetal]

recursive seems to be pretty good as sifting through bugs

[drew]

my place is full of those orange ladybugs

how they survive through the winter i have no idea

[Tauntaun]

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[Powerslave]

 

[drew]

oh my god you're alive

i thought you got hit by a car or something

[Powerslave]

I did get hit by a car. You should see the poor thing, completely trashed.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Speaking of bugs, these fuckers have invaded my entire region:



Luckily they are basically dormant in the winter and summer and only a little active in the spring. But when fall hits, fuck... you could kill all of them and a dozen more will be back the next day.

[Robo]

I have like a thousand stink bug corpses littering my bedroom at my parent's house.  I throw out a ton of them every time I visit, but there never seems to be any end.

Box Elders are a pretty common sight as well.