Getting rid of chiggers is easier when you know more about the creepy-crawly buggers and how they behave, as there are several misconceptions about the microscopic mites. When it comes to chiggers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A red chigger bug on a leaf Chiggers may not seem like a dangerous pest, but these almost invisible garden bugs feed on skin cells ...

“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 ...

That cluster of itchy red bumps on your skin is probably chiggers.

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 ...

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Warmer weather in the spring and summer months leads to increased activity for insects and arachnids. Ticks, mosquitoes and chiggers are among the most common biting insects found outdoors in Missouri ...

Warmer days may lead many to itch for spring and summer, but a Kansas State University entomologist cautions against a small mite that is likely to give you a less-pleasing seasonal itch. Chiggers are ...

Chiggers are tiny red bugs that can leave us with itchy bites. However, new research out of NC State University has found that North Carolina chiggers carry a type of bacteria that can potentially ...

ST. LOUIS — Residents across the St. Louis region are taking advantage of the warmer temperatures and getting outdoors. Some, however, are being met with painful, irritated bumps rather than summer ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in ...