Last year was my first summer in NZ, and I got some pretty bad insect bites over the summer. I read up and tried everything - bed bug precautions, hot steaming the carpet, washing my clothes with hot water, etc. Nothing worked except for... the end of summer. As autumn came around, I was all good again.

This year it's repeating itself. All over my body again, I can't see any insects around. This is a new house but the rental agency claimed that everything was professionally cleaned, and I've not had any problems til summer started. I rarely go into the outdoors much, and when I do I wear long trousers and have my whole body covered. So the problem is probably in my house. But why only in the summer? If I had bed bugs or dust mites or lice around they would not disappear after summer ended, right?