When spending outdoors in areas where chiggers might be lurking, protect yourself with long-sleeved shirts, tall socks and pants tucked into boots. Treat your clothing with insect repellents ...

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 ...