Swimmers at one of Auckland’s most popular beaches are among the latest to find themselves “mauled by sea lice” as the small ...
First thing's first. Sea lice aren't lice at all. They're tiny baby jellyfish, so small you can't even see them -- about the size of a grain of pepper. And just like their grownup counterparts ...
According to the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, sea lice are generally baby jellyfish that sting swimmers once caught in their bathing suits, caps, or skin folds. Lying on the ...
Beachgoers at some of Auckland‘s most popular swimming spots have been left covered with itchy red rashes, the result of ...
This immune system reaction to micro jellyfish stings from sea lice can be irritating, to put it mildly, and may get more than under your skin. "Sea lice," as they are commonly called, are tiny ...
Swimmers at beaches up and down Auckland's east have reported itching, rashes and red spots after entering the water.
You got stung by a jellyfish. This sea critter has thousands of tiny barbed stingers all along its tentacles. Although a few kinds of jellyfish can cause life-threatening stings, mostly it just ...