Common insect bites can come from mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums. Experts outline key ways to figure out which insect bite you have. Treatment for these insect bites is the same: topical or oral ...

Getting rid of chiggers is easier when you know more about the creepy-crawly buggers and how they behave, as there are several misconceptions about the microscopic mites. When it comes to chiggers, ...

As if all the biting bugs that are visible to the naked eye weren’t nuisance enough during the summer, the tiny chigger is nearly impossible to spot and produces giant welts that are maddeningly itchy ...

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 ...

Chiggers are microscopic — so tiny that they’re almost invisible — but there’s nothing small about the effect of their bite, which causes major itching and discomfort. Sometimes called harvest mites ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

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 ...

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 ...

After removing chiggers from the skin, you may be able to relieve your symptoms by bathing and applying topical products, such as calamine lotion or colloidal oatmeal. Some medications may also help.

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. Chiggers are typically found in wild plantings, gardens, ...

North Texas is seeing a chigger infestation unlike anything the region has seen in nearly 30 years. Based on filed reports and calls to Texas A&M AgriLife, experts there say this year is the worst for ...

Ticks are awful, but chiggers in many ways are as bad if not worse. You can see ticks, even in the tiny larval phase to which we often refer to as seed ticks. It's easy to hate a malignancy that we ...