| Others are rather unpleasant parasites themselves, such as ticks, chiggers, and the skin mites that cause mange and scabies. |
| Nobody's freezing, leaky waders are no biggy, and the only threats are chiggers and snakes. |
| Mite larvae, or chiggers, of the genus Leptotrombidium transmit the causative bacteria to humans through their bite. |
| Their bite produces a wheal on the skin that is intensely itchy, the itchiness being caused by the digestive juices of the chiggers. |
| Various parasites such as lice, ticks, mites, aphides and chiggers attack untreated and unprotected animals and plants. |
| The scientific name for chiggers is Trombicula mites, and they are also known as harvest mites. |
