When I was younger say, 19 I was living in the Pacific Northwest and between rides wouldnpick the local blackberries alongside the road and of course everyone said, ‘Don’t eat the ones right alongside the road go in a little. So not bothering to look and wearing shorts o proceeded to pick blackberries whilst wait for rides to work. About two weeks later I noticed a rash. Thinking it was from picking the blackberries I didn’t do anything and it itched sooo bad I finally talked to some locals who told me what it was as I had no clue being from the Midwest. I had it the whole summer and it was near my eye. It just kept on weeping and the oozing kept itching and spreading. It was horrible my first and only encounter as I moved back to the Midwest after that. Up until I had an anaphylactic reaction to a native wasp I had never been so itchy in my life. I just suffered so much with it and was told it can kill you. People have eaten it?! To combat the effects? Not something I would ever try.
When I was younger say, 19 I was living in the Pacific Northwest and between rides wouldnpick the local blackberries alongside the road and of course everyone said, ‘Don’t eat the ones right alongside the road go in a little. So not bothering to look and wearing shorts o proceeded to pick blackberries whilst wait for rides to work. About two weeks later I noticed a rash. Thinking it was from picking the blackberries I didn’t do anything and it itched sooo bad I finally talked to some locals who told me what it was as I had no clue being from the Midwest. I had it the whole summer and it was near my eye. It just kept on weeping and the oozing kept itching and spreading. It was horrible my first and only encounter as I moved back to the Midwest after that. Up until I had an anaphylactic reaction to a native wasp I had never been so itchy in my life. I just suffered so much with it and was told it can kill you. People have eaten it?! To combat the effects? Not something I would ever try.