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Have you ever been bit by a chigger?

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Actually my son got them after going to a school camp. They take forever to get rid of, but use Benadryl and keep the area clean and you should be good. If it gets really bad a doctor can get you steroid creams that area effective.
 
There's a guy in town that was selling some extra shingles he had for about a $25/bundle discount off retail. (he had overbought for his rental properties) My dad asked me to go by his place and pick up a few bundles as he ran short...I went to the guy's house and lifted up the tarp covering the pallet of shingles.

I noticed a few chiggers running around on the plastic covering the bundles. I knew enough to set them on the ground and flip them a few times before loading them in the trunk of my car. I was careful not to let them jump on me....

They're pretty bad when running in some fields. They typically like taller grass because it holds moisture....the same reason they were under that tarp.
 
Many times. They suck. Fortunately we don't have many chiggers in the northern part of the state. The barrens in the south are stuffed with them. I was out exploring in the highlands over the weekend and brought back plenty ticks, but no chiggers.
 
yes. Got them while fishing when I lived in Missouri years ago. What a miserable feeling - ended up taking a bath in 2 gallons of clorox to kill them.
 
Scarpozzi said:
There's a guy in town that was selling some extra shingles he had for about a $25/bundle discount off retail. (he had overbought for his rental properties) My dad asked me to go by his place and pick up a few bundles as he ran short...I went to the guy's house and lifted up the tarp covering the pallet of shingles.

I noticed a few chiggers running around on the plastic covering the bundles. I knew enough to set them on the ground and flip them a few times before loading them in the trunk of my car. I was careful not to let them jump on me....

They're pretty bad when running in some fields. They typically like taller grass because it holds moisture....the same reason they were under that tarp.
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I hope this is a joke. Chiggers are not really visible with the naked eye. They are called no-see-ums for a reason.

These relatives of ticks are nearly microscopic, measuring 0.4 mm (1/60 of an inch)
 
slag said:
I hope this is a joke. Chiggers are not really visible with the naked eye. They are called no-see-ums for a reason.

These relatives of ticks are nearly microscopic, measuring 0.4 mm (1/60 of an inch)
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Apparently you've never seen a Texas chigger,


(Me neither, in before the "everything is bigger in Texas")
 
I get bit almost every time I mow the grass. I live a rural area. Where there are a tons of mosquitos, ticks, chiggers, etc.

The longer the grass, the worse the chigger (well all 3 actually.) Which is why I mow regularly. But on a windy day the grass clippings might fly up into the air and get all over me while I'm riding around on the mower. I usually end up with chiggers on those days. Maybe just 1 or 2 but I end up with them.

The first time I mowed after moving in to this foreclosure and having 3 foot high grass. Ouch! I never knew what a chigger was until I did that. I had to ask my boss (who also lives in a rural area) what disease I contracted after mowing and asked him if he might know why I was so allergic to this "rural" grass. He laughed and said chiggers. Then it made sense after Wikipedia.
 
slag said:
I hope this is a joke. Chiggers are not really visible with the naked eye. They are called no-see-ums for a reason.

These relatives of ticks are nearly microscopic, measuring 0.4 mm (1/60 of an inch)
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No-see-ums aren't the same as chiggers. They are tiny biting flies.

Chiggers are in the mite family.
 
Hmm thought chiggers lived in water? I got them about 10 years ago during a really hot summer. The water temp was high enough for them to reproduce at high rates. My legs itched like crazy for about a week.
 
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feralkid said:
No-see-ums aren't the same as chiggers. They are tiny biting flies.

Chiggers are in the mite family.
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I think it depends on the location as with a lot of things. We don't call tiny biting flies no see ums. We call them biting flies or gnats (even though they aren't). No see ums pretty much are any small biting insect/bug/mite that you can't see that bites or stings.
 
slag said:
I think it depends on the location as with a lot of things. We don't call tiny biting flies no see ums. We call them biting flies or gnats (even though they aren't). No see ums pretty much are any small biting insect/bug/mite that you can't see that bites or stings.
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I've heard no-see-um used for chiggers and sand fleas, and only those two beasties.


As for seeing chiggers, it's very much possible. It's also highly likely any chiggers you DO see are not the chiggers that are going to go about biting humans, though it is a great idea to not help them out by spreading the adult chiggers all over the place, because then they drop the eggs and it's the babies you gotta watch out for.

Adult chiggers just like plants/plant material - they are harmless. If it's a proper chigger and has eight legs, it won't be biting you (they look like large mites/small ticks, so be accurate in your assessment, or just steer clear!). And where you see the large ones, small ones might not be far away. It's the small six-legged babies that love to chew on animals.

Sand fleas, proper, might not be in the U.S.... trying to figure that one out now. We might just have a likelihood of having actual chiggers on/near some beaches, and there are also biting midges/flies that the young ones might dwell on the sandy surface.
 
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Once every couple years I'm an idiot and sit outside without shoes/socks (usually happens during after-show campfires with the rest of the band I'm in), and they absolutely love me. Typically I end up with roughly 100-130 bites on my feet and ankles, plus a couple around my legs.

God the week after just completely sucks...
 
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