Do skin-eating beetles cause dermatitis?

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osb67, 24.02.2009 18:25

My question may seem strange to you, but I really need some advice. The fact is that I have two dogs at home.sheepdogs) and for a long time (more than a year) they both developed dermatitis of unknown genesis, very similar in manifestations to each other, but different in the intensity of lesions. During the year, we tried to treat it in various ways, to take various tests from dogs, but everything seemed to be normal... Recently, out of necessity, I had to remove the skirting board in the place where one of the dogs is constantly lying, there was just a HUGE number of some larvae that crawled in the dog hair accumulated under the skirting board, as well as there were several small beetles( I had previously found them on the windowsill, but did not betray special significance). I was told that these are skin-eating beetles an Internet search seems to confirm this assumption. In this regard, I have a question whether the larvae of these beetles can cause skin dermatitis in pets (the opinion of my vet. doctors have dispersed), it is alarming that the dog that lies in the immediate vicinity of the localization of these larvae manifestations are stronger than the one that has chosen a place in some distance (although it also periodically comes into contact with this place). Write down if anyone has ever heard of something like this and how theoretically possible it is.
And if you can write how they can be removed, because I tried to poison them twice once with moth spray, and the second time I was advised "butox", which I spilled all the cracks behind the baseboards and treated both dogs.
Thank you in advance and sorry for such a confusing story, I don't know how to put it all that would be clear.

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26.02.2009 10:23, Necrocephalus

The fact is that many larvae of leatherworms, at least those that I have seen, have a fluff of hairs, which they willingly shed if they touch them.
I don't remember where, but I've seen references to the fact that these hairs can cause irritation on the skin - a kind of self-defense of the larvae.
Therefore, I think dermatitis is quite justified, especially if a huge number of larvae are under dogs.

Yes, it also seems to me that the matter is in these hairs (hits). Apparently, the beetles were bred in such large numbers on the fur of the dog that got under the baseboard, which lies near this baseboard, and the larvae probably do not cause direct harm to the dog. Only after molting and in the course of life, these hetes can break off, and, smeared with the products of beetle and larval excretion, fall in some quantities on the dog's skin, which causes its irritation.
ZY. Just like in Fabre's experiments with" hairy " caterpillars...