Lone star ticks gained their name from the white spot on the back of adult females. They are one of the first tick species to ...

Chiggers, like the one seen in this photo, are common throughout Kansas. Here’s what to know about them and how to distinguish them from ticks. (Photo used under Creative Commons license via ...

While chiggers and ticks are similar in that they’re arachnids, there are some differences. For one, chiggers do not feed on human or animal blood as ticks do, and they like to travel around ...

“Not all mites are chiggers, but all chiggers are mites,” he adds. Unlike mosquitoes, ticks, and other biting bugs, chiggers don’t attach themselves to mammals in order to suck bloo ...

Ticks, mosquitoes and chiggers are among the most common biting insects found outdoors in Missouri. Missouri is home to venomous spiders, including the brown recluse and black widow, whose bites ...

The good news is that, unlike ticks and mosquitoes, chiggers don’t usually carry diseases in the U.S. and chigger bite treatment can be administered at home with basic first aid supplies. What ...

Along with biting insects like chiggers, black flies, sand fleas, gnats, midges, and mosquitoes, ticks can latch onto an unsuspecting hiker and infect them with an array of lethal diseases ...

Chiggers are bugs so small that you need a magnifying glass to spot them. Scientists call these creatures "trombiculid mites" because they're from a family of mites called Neotrombicula autumnalis.

Thankfully, chigger bites aren't harmful or dangerous the way some spider bites, tick bites or other insect bites can be. But bites from chiggers can still be quite itchy and uncomfortable for ...

Ticks and chiggers are nothing new to Southerners, but the two bacterial infections they’re bringing to South Carolina are. Our state, we normally think about Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain ...