The great outdoors aren't so great sometimes. Mosquitoes, ticks, gnats, chiggers and other insects all can intrude on our outdoor experience. Chiggers are quite active in July and August in the Ohio ...

It’s summertime in Florida and that brings many wonderful things like long days at the beach, pool, lake or one of the state’s thousands of freshwater springs. But summer also brings more bugs, 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 ...

Chiggers are microscopic so tiny that theyre almost invisible but theres nothing small about the effect of their bite, which causes major itching and discomfort. Sometimes called harvest mites or red ...

As far as dangers in the outdoors go, getting a few chigger bites isn’t exactly on par with stumbling upon a hornet’s nest or, say, a bear. Yet for those who have had the misfortune of meeting these ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in ...

As the weather warms up, it’s important to be aware of the potential threats from insects and arachnids in North Carolina. While most spiders in the region pose no harm to humans, it’s crucial to be ...

Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...