Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

[jinx]

I've getting over a few bites right now, and have been bitten many times over the years. One time, in Kansas after a fishing trip, I had a memorable case with hundreds of bites. Never put those old chigger medicines on your privates....yikes!<br /><br />I never have actually seen one of the miserable things, and people from some parts of the country don't even know what you are talking about.<br /><br />Many mistake those little red spider mites for chiggers, but they are harmless.<br /><br />After years of scratching, I wouldn't know one if it jumped at me waving a baton.<br /><br />Jinx

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Negative, Ghostrider.........

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Jinx,<br />Here ya go....<br /> http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/chigger.html <br /><br />I somehow remember a cure that used lighter fluid and an ice pick....oh, never mind, just remembered, wrong pest....

 

[jee70611]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

You can also put clear fingernail polish or super glue over it too. At least that's what I've always been told.

 

[oddjob]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Finger nail polish works.Krazy would probably work better.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Xcusme, interesting site........visit a lot a' kid sites in yer spare time????? <br />Don't get me wrong....they're much more informative than adult sites...........I think??

 

[KennyKenCan]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Ummm, I think the lighter fluid and ice pick are for the crabs, as in "Buster the Body Crab", isn't it?

 

[KeltonKrew]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

just wipe your legs down with diesel or kerosene and no chigger problems....of course you smell real purty then!<br /><br />that's what my grandfather would do to us as kids on the farm..<br /><br />visited my In-Laws in Kansas (lake Melvern) and got the worst biting ever (should have used the diesel)

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

Walleyehed ,<br />That was the first site that came up , doing a Google search!. As a kid , I had a few run-in's with those little biters, and I too , never saw one in real life. Until that 'kids' site.<br /><br />Interesting to note that they are from the spider family.....

 

[Link]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

I'd never been to a kids site before. Very informative indeed.<br /><br />Seriously I need to get a life, first I get hooked into TROLL thread and now I'm reading on a kiddie site about of all things Chiggers!<br /><br />Was fun though. Good post

 

[Jwill]

Re: Has anyone actually seen a real, live chigger?

I live in California and I don't think we have chiggers. A few years back I contracted mange mites from my dogs. I think they are basically the same thing as a chigger. The vet said they burrow under the skin and lay eggs. He said they are fairly easy for humans to get rid of. <br />After being sickened at the thought of having them I bought some powerful mange mite dog dip that can only be purchased at a vetenarians office.<br />I went home and got in the shower and scrubed myself with the dip and a brush. I think I killed a few million brain cells and got loaded in the process because the stuff was strong.<br />I thought for sure the stuff would rid me of them but after couple days and scratching myself raw I realized the stuff didn't work.<br />I talked to a friend of mine that worked at a feed store and he told me about a medicine that ranchers use in cattle and swine that killed parasites called Ivomec.<br />I bought a bottle for $40 and went home and administered it to myself and the dogs.<br />The dogs recieved a shot but I took my dosage in a cup of pepsi.<br />By the next day I was feeling as good as new.<br />Now anytime the dogs scratch or they need to be wormed I give them a shot of this stuff.