Treeman14 Addicted to ArboristSite Joined May 10, 2001 Messages 1,896 Reaction score 22 Location Tampa, FL Mar 14, 2005 #21 OK, sorry. I didn't scroll down far enough to see the replies. I saw a tick once.
John Paul Sanborn Above average climber Joined Apr 25, 2001 Messages 14,546 Reaction score 496 Location South Eastern WI Mar 14, 2005 #22 Treeman14 said: I've been here over twenty years and I've never even SEEN a chigger. What the heck IS a chigger, anyway? Click to expand... Wow! it's even too hot down there for the chiggers? They are arthropods like a tcik, but are in the mite group, like scabies, but not as bad. The larval instar is what takes the bloodmeal by forming an ulceration where they hatch. Greater and more acurat info can be found in the link in my post above.
Treeman14 said: I've been here over twenty years and I've never even SEEN a chigger. What the heck IS a chigger, anyway? Click to expand... Wow! it's even too hot down there for the chiggers? They are arthropods like a tcik, but are in the mite group, like scabies, but not as bad. The larval instar is what takes the bloodmeal by forming an ulceration where they hatch. Greater and more acurat info can be found in the link in my post above.
G glens Former Member Joined Dec 31, 2002 Messages 3,790 Reaction score 21 Location USA Mar 14, 2005 #23 User "Che" posted a link to a very informative web page about chiggers here sometime within the past couple of years. A search for posts by her with that term will find it, I'm sure. Glen
User "Che" posted a link to a very informative web page about chiggers here sometime within the past couple of years. A search for posts by her with that term will find it, I'm sure. Glen