“Chiggers are an outdoor biting pest. They feed once, and will not reproduce indoors and have continuous generations,” says entomologist Jody Green, at the University of Nebraska. They are typically ...

Reader's Digest3 Tips to Avoid Insect Bites and StingsDon’t let any stinging bugs catch you off-guard. Here’s how to prevent painful bites. Chiggers are typically found in wild plantings, gardens, ...

Clusters of chigger bites like this are often referred to as chigger rash, and are common on the ankles. As if all the biting bugs that are visible to the naked eye weren’t nuisance enough during the ...

It’s summertime in Florida and that brings many wonderful things like long days at the beach, pool, lake or one of the state’s thousands of freshwater springs. But summer also brings more bugs, and ...

This time of year many outdoor enthusiasts may find themselves with an itchy rash from a microscopic harvest mite or a red bug. This mite is more commonly known as the chigger. Chiggers are not bugs ...

Chiggers are a nuisance during the summer months. The little red mites feed on leaves and humans, irritating the skin with itchy, inflamed bites. Justin Talley, head of the Oklahoma State University ...

If you’ve ever dealt with a bug bite, especially the annoying itchiness of chigger bites, you will want to be ready to avoid them the next time you are outdoors. Chigger bites cause red, irritated ...

Anyone who's spent a few summers outside knows to watch out for ticks, but a smaller yet equally annoying creature will also latch on tight during a walk through the tall grass. University of Georgia ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) -People visiting Table Rock Lake and people who live along the water are seeing more chigger bites this summer. Health officials say many people confuse chiggers with ticks, but ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Backyards, wooded areas, or the city park are just a few places you could encourage chiggers as the temperatures get warm. Although harmless, these parasites can still leave ...

Doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center say chigger bites may cause a rare allergic reaction to red meat called alpha-gal. The medical community has known for years that ticks can cause this ...

Ticks are awful, but chiggers in many ways are as bad if not worse. You can see ticks, even in the tiny larval phase to which we often refer to as seed ticks. It's easy to hate a malignancy that we ...