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 ...

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. The summer means more sun, hot weather, and time spent ...

You might know chiggers by their other, more adorable name: berry bugs. But, no matter what you call them, chigger bites can leave you with distinctly itchy, red, annoying bumps. Sometimes it's hard ...

If you think mosquitos are annoying, that’s because you haven’t been treated to an itch fest courtesy of chiggers. These minuscule mites might be only visible through a magnifying glass, but they’ll ...

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

Chigger bites can cause some of the most miserable itching on people. For those who don’t know what the heck those are, they are microscopic mites that latch onto human skin in clusters, then lay eggs ...

Chiggers are a type of mite, or arthropod, in the family Trombiculidae. They are extremely small red bugs that measure about 1/60th of an inch — barely visible with the naked eye — and you'd likely ...

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 ...

Summer is in full swing and with it comes the good, like sunshine and time with the grill, and the bad, like insect bites. And if you’ve spotted the odd bite but can't see any bugs, you’re probably ...

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 ...