| We pulled up a couple of plants and scrubbed them against our trouser legs and were never bothered by ticks or chiggers or other insects while we were gathering fruit. |
| Mite larvae, or chiggers, of the genus Leptotrombidium transmit the causative bacteria to humans through their bite. |
| Nobody's freezing, leaky waders are no biggy, and the only threats are chiggers and snakes. |
| Various parasites such as lice, ticks, mites, aphides and chiggers attack untreated and unprotected animals and plants. |
| It is more entertainment than navigation, until it gets irritating, sort of like chiggers, and then it is dealt with accordingly. |
| Their bite produces a wheal on the skin that is intensely itchy, the itchiness being caused by the digestive juices of the chiggers. |
