The great outdoors aren't so great sometimes. Mosquitoes, ticks, gnats, chiggers and other insects all can intrude on our outdoor experience. Chiggers are quite active in July and August in the Ohio ...

Any advice on controlling chiggers? When I work in the yard, they eat me alive unless I wear long pants. Here in the United States, they are most common in the southeast, south central and Midwestern ...

The mites, which are commonly found in humid regions, can leave itchy bites all over the skin. By Carly Stern Dr. Stephanie Lareau whizzed through the trees on her mountain bike in Roanoke, Va., one ...

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 most active in the afternoon when ground temperatures are between 77°F and 86°F. Only the larval form parasites on people and animals. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and ...

Q. Our yard is infested with chiggers. We can’t go out without being bitten. What can we do? A. Chiggers are the immature stage of certain mite species. Chiggers frequently occur in overgrown brushy ...

Dr. William Banner, medical director of The Children's Hospital at Saint Francis Hospital, said this photo shows the characteristic rose-colored rash associated with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Only ...