chiggers

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I love Fayetteville. I like hills and vistas and hardworking people and fighting snow in winter and chiggers in the summer. Ellen Gilchrist

A dog’s body is fairly well protected from chigger bites because of its fur, Little said, but chiggers can attach to a dog’s head, particularly the skin in and around a dog’s ears and eyes. Source: Internet

Asked if he would like to return to the Ozarks; he would state, “Why would I want to go back to the heat and humidity, let alone the ticks and chiggers?” Source: Internet

Confusing chiggers with bird mites like Ornithonyssus bursa has some people imagining chiggers as a non-native introduced species which doesn’t derive much nutrition from human hosts and eventually dies, having evolved to prey on poultry. Source: Internet

Scratching the bites can lead to a secondary infection, but chiggers do not carry disease, according to the AAVP. Source: Internet