They can cause a persistent, maddening itch for months or even years until you get a treatment that kills them. (There’s a ...

Chiggers are closely related to ticks and spiders ... Levoska explains. At-home treatment options can include: Soothing ...

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 ...

Chiggers do not burrow under your skin, and they do not suck your blood. They do pierce your skin with their mouth and produce an enzyme in their saliva that dissolves nearby skin cells.