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Type Words
Synonyms harvest mite, jigger, redbug
Type of trombiculid
Type Words
Synonyms chigoe, chigoe flea, tunga penetrans
Type of flea

Examples of chigger

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Even so, count on a follow-up session of serious tick-picking and chigger-scratching.
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By meal's end, we were all comparing chigger infestations, and hers was by far the worst.
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The term chigger is often confused with the term jigger, the Chigoe flea.
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Distler also hasn't heard a bullfrog, seen a toad or suffered from multiple tick and chigger bites.
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The name chigger originated as a corruption of chigoe.
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That's especially true in November, when the state's notorious mosquito, chigger and tick populations recede.
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This article is about the harvest mite and chigger.
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Therefore, from April through early autumn up until the first frost, humans are susceptible to chigger bites.
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In cases of severe dermatitis or secondary infection associated with chigger bites, a doctor should be consulted.
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  • Chigoe: small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
  • Harvest mite: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
  • Trombiculidae is a family of mites called trombiculid mites (also called berry bugs; harvest mites; red bugs; scrub-itch mites; and, in their larval stage, chiggers). The term chigger is sometimes used to refer to a different animal, the Chigoe flea. ...
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  • A chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates
  • While not a survey term, surely the survey party was well acquainted with the chigger. If you are not familiar with this nasty little parasite and plan to explore abandoned farms and overgrown cemeteries in the South, then take Warning ! Ask your Tennessee friends on how to avoid these critters. ...
  • In Hobart, referring to Chigwell, "Ogan" referring to how Bogans say "Bogan", "Mitnis" referring to most Smithton people who say each vowel the same way and leave out starting and ending letters e.g. "Smithton" becomes "Mitni" (also see Tasmania)