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 ...

Chiggers may not seem like a dangerous pest, but these almost invisible garden bugs feed on skin cells, encouraging them to bite on us and our pets, leading to small, incredibly itchy bites. So how do ...

That cluster of itchy red bumps on your skin is probably chiggers. Bug bites are one of the downsides of summer. After an afternoon playing fetch with the dog or weeding the flower beds, the last ...

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 ...

Chiggers are very small mites that thrive in humid grassy areas — they don't breed in homes or beds. An itchy rash that develops a few hours after you spend time outside may be from chigger bites. If ...

You spend a perfectly nice Saturday pulling weeds, trimming roses and finally conquering that corner of the yard that's been giving you side-eye since spring. You feel productive, a little sunburned ...

Q: My friend wants to send me Spanish moss to see if it will grow here. How do I treat it to kill the chiggers in it? Stephanie Aderholt, email A: If your friend gathers Spanish moss that’s hanging ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in ...