That cluster of itchy red bumps on your skin is probably chiggers. Bug bites are one of the downsides of summer. After an afternoon playing fetch with the dog or weeding the flower beds, the last ...

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 ...

“Chiggers are an outdoor biting pest. They feed once, and will not reproduce indoors and have continuous generations,” says entomologist Jody Green, at the University of Nebraska. They are typically ...