Chiggers

**RoadRaven** · 07-19-2007, 01:51 AM

Thanks for asking CC... I opened this thread wondering what the heck chiggers were... now I kinda wish I didn't...

Thank goodness we have nothing like that (to my knowledge) here in Middle Earth!

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-19-2007, 04:07 AM

Clear nail polish for the last time when I had about 5. I got them in the hundreds when I was in girl scouts, my Pawpaw got my the Chigger Aid and it worked well but it may burn.

Those things are evil, my neighbor said he had them but I haven't been hit *YET*.

**Sky** · 07-19-2007, 04:52 AM

I haven't tried this myself, but my son puts strips of clear tape on his bites and he says that stops the itching.

**singletrackmind** · 07-19-2007, 05:03 AM

Ugh, chiggers!! So far we've been lucky, though the step-daughter got a mess o' seed ticks last week geocaching at Route 66. Chiggers are way worse, but seed ticks are next on my list.

Greensfelder? Chubb? Klondike? Somewhere else?

**DebW** · 07-19-2007, 05:19 AM

I hate chigger bites worse than black fly bites, but luckily those two are mutually exclusive so I happily live in the Northeast. But got 2 chigger bites in my armpit last weekend in NJ. The worst part of chiggers is often WHERE they bite you.

**mimitabby** · 07-19-2007, 06:11 AM

Gosh, Seattle is grand.
too cold for chiggers, too cold for horseflies and deerflies, hardly any mosquitoes or roaches....
okay, we have craneflies. they eat lawns.

**bike4ever** · 07-19-2007, 01:48 PM

singletrackmind - I got mine out at Chubb which is beside Route 66.

I rode there today without any extra visitors. I was careful to apply deet on any exposed skin though.

**singletrackmind** · 07-19-2007, 04:25 PM

Sweet sweet trail for hiking and biking. Have you tried the new little connector trail yet? Thanks for the info....got a kid that reacts like mad to bug bites of any kind. Getting to be that time of year, I guess.

**LBTC** · 07-19-2007, 04:36 PM

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

**La Victoria** · 07-20-2007, 07:03 PM

Hi,
I know this is going to sound crazy but I'm from east Texas, possibly the chigger capital of the world (there is a annual Chigger Festival there). We used toothpaste on chigger bites and it really soothes the itchiness. Plain ol Crest toothpaste, the old fashioned white paste kind works the best and if you keep it refrigerated the coolness really feels good. I used to put a tube of Crest in the frig every summer just for chigger bites.

La Victoria

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-20-2007, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by DebW

The worst part of chiggers is often WHERE they bite you.

Deb- You are so right! The first time I got them was right at the top of my legs in the little area where your leg bends to the crotch and along where the cheeks of rear end meet the upper thigh. Talk about an uncomfortable spot and you can't politely scratch that!!

**bike4ever** · 07-20-2007, 07:53 PM

toothpaste? way cool. I will definitely try that next time.

**emily_in_nc** · 07-21-2007, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

Deb- You are so right! The first time I got them was right at the top of my legs in the little area where your leg bends to the crotch and along where the cheeks of rear end meet the upper thigh. Talk about an uncomfortable spot and you can't politely scratch that!!

How true! I have a couple bites right now in my nether regions, and I could even feel the worst one (on my outer labia) on my bike ride this week.

I HATE chiggers!

Emily

**mimitabby** · 07-21-2007, 07:09 PM

how the heck do they get to your nether regions? (hopefully not TMI?)

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