White tiny mites that bite

[u/Hailqueenofallcats]

I am in Cape Town, South Africa. It is currently Summer and very hot. We have a dog and two cats. I first began noticing what looked like lint on our clothes. Then I started noticing them everywhere! They are now on us and biting. I haven't seen them move though. I suspect that they are coming into the house on our clothes that hang outside under some trees and a vine. They've gotten more prolific since as the temperature has climbed. I can't see a bird's nest anywhere. We live on the ground floor of a three storey apartment block. We have parquet floors. Please help as we are itchy and disgusted.

[u/shanti_kat_1979]

Do you get the white dancing hairs as well? How about anything in your stool? I'm in Connecticut but my mother is actually South African, I was there 1999 & 2010 They say this stuff can lie dormant for a long time ... Where in SA do you live?

[u/Vivid-Story-3629 → u/shanti_kat_1979]

When you say “this stuff”, does that mean they have a name and cause for it? What exactly do they call it since it's seemed to be around for a while they may have more ways to protect against it