Thanks. At least now I know what they are. Thanks for verifying the different stages. I was wondering why some where specks like black pepper and others were rod shaped. I just can't believe there are so many. I'll have to check out your blog. Is Bentonite clay expensive? I was using vicks vaporub on my skin. It helped with itching a little, but didn't bring them out like the ponds. I haven't tried Noxema yet. I have a big bag of diatomaceous earth I bought when I was first trying to deworm. I wonder if that would work topically? It didn't seem to help internally. Or at least I didn't "see" any results.