We encountered them in OC on Tuesday, except they were crab larvae, not jellyfish. DD and I were pretty far out swimming and kept noticing what we *thought* were large pebbles or sand grains in our suits. We weren't in any pain until we got out and then the pinching and biting instantly became unbearable! We ran to the shower on the beach to rinse off and it was at that point that I reached inside my suit and pulled out a handful of tiny little crabs like these:

http://www.delaware-surf-fishing.com/crab-larvae-season-beach

We had to leave the beach to take a real shower to get them all off our bodies and out of our hair. It was totally gross and now DH likes to joke that I got crabs in OCMD

I was in southern NJ a week before and broke out in a rash near the end of the week- but no one else in our party had an issue so I assumed it was pregnancy related heat rash (I had a couple weird skin issues during my first pregnancy). Now I wonder!

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Anonymous wrote:I had my first ever experience with salps at the beach today, harmless but it's like swimming with millions of fish eggs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salp

Wow - I've never heard of these! That must have been really neat swimming with them!

At least they don't sting.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of these and we go to Corolla every other year. Sea lice? Do I want to google, or no?

+1. Anyone?

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Are they like no-seems like I the Caribbean or actually bugs that literally live in your hair with a difficult life cycle to break?

You know the term is “no see ‘ems” because you can’t see them (theoretically), right?

You know that google/Apple likes to auto-correct randomly, right?

Don’t be a douche.

I am not the person you are complaining about, but tell me, how is it being a douche to just tell someone a fact like that, one they might not have known or realized? Maybe it's YOU who is being a douche?

Anonymous wrote:I had my first ever experience with salps at the beach today, harmless but it's like swimming with millions of fish eggs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salp

Wow - I've never heard of these! That must have been really neat swimming with them!

I had my first ever experience with salps at the beach today, harmless but it's like swimming with millions of fish eggs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salp

Are they moving north?

Yes, we encountered them the other day in Bethany.

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Anonymous wrote:When we were in OC in July, there were sting rays everywhere. Now sea lice? WTH is happening this summer?

At least you weren't impaled by a beach umbrella!

Ok, stories? Sting rays? Hadnt heard that. All this stuff terrifies me. Not to mention the people.

Anonymous wrote:When we were in OC in July, there were sting rays everywhere. Now sea lice? WTH is happening this summer?

At least you weren't impaled by a beach umbrella!

When we were in OC in July, there were sting rays everywhere. Now sea lice? WTH is happening this summer?

Anonymous wrote:So just what are these pests?

Despite what the name suggests, sea lice are actually small jellyfish larvae. When under pressure, they release inflammatory, stinging cells that cause itching and redness.

Sea lice creep underneath swimmers’ bathing suits and sting beachgoers. They can cause itchy, red rashes, nausea, headaches and lethargy.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-sea-lice-20180824-story.html

I'm supposed to pay for that on a "vacation". Oh, hell no.

So just what are these pests?

Despite what the name suggests, sea lice are actually small jellyfish larvae. When under pressure, they release inflammatory, stinging cells that cause itching and redness.

Sea lice creep underneath swimmers’ bathing suits and sting beachgoers. They can cause itchy, red rashes, nausea, headaches and lethargy.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-sea-lice-20180824-story.html

Anonymous wrote:We were in ocean city this week and didn’t get them, but the lifeguards were warning people. They recommended jumping in the pool after swimming in the ocean, so that the chlorine kills them.

Fresh water kills them...

Anonymous wrote:Are they just at ocean city right now? How big an area do they spread?

Are they there this weekend? The atlantic had a cute article about them. They aren't cute, but the author.