Chiggers

[bmccasland]

Having reacquainted myself with the evil little bugs when I moved back to Louisiana - I feel your pain Bike4ever.

CC - they're an EVIL little mite, almost impossible to see that crawls up your legs or arms to sheltered areas, injects digestive enzymes, and then feeds off your blood.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html

Shower immediately after you come in from beating in the weeds. I've found hydrocortisone cream helps, applied frequently. Of course this was after I scratched myself - my reintroduction was over 100 bites. I haven't tried the fingernail polish method, but the idea is that you'll smother the buggers and they'll die.

Evil nasty little bastards.

[Kimmyt]

OMG over 100 chigger bites! I get one or two and I feel like I'm going to diiiiiiiiieeeee of itchiness!

I just reapply and reapply and reapply that alcohol based anti-itch cream stuff. And then swear I'll never sit in the grass in the summer again. And then forget and do the same thing next week.

Damn bugs...