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Trombiculidae (/ t r ɒ m b ɪ ˈ k juː l ɪ d iː /), commonly referred to in North America as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. [3] Chiggers are often confused with jiggers – a type of flea.
Trombicula, known as chiggers, red bugs, scrub-itch mites, or berry bugs, are small arachnids [2] (eight-legged arthropods) in the Trombiculidae family. In their larval stage, they attach to various animals and humans, then feed on skin, often causing itching and trombiculosis. [3]
Chiggers are microscopic mites that live in warm, grassy or wooded areas near water that bite your skin and cause itching.
Chiggers are mites that feed on your skin, found in areas with tall grass, dead leaves, or lots of brush. While their bite can cause redness, bumps, blisters, and severe itching, chiggers in the...
Trombiculosis is a rash caused by trombiculid mites, especially those of the genus Trombicula (chiggers). The rash is also often known as chigger bites.
Chigger. The distribution of trombiculid species, which is nearly everywhere in the world. A chigger is a small, parasitic mite which lives in tall grass. [3][4] It is a member of a larger family known as the Trombiculidae.
Chiggers are tiny, biting pests that feed on skin and leave behind itchy, reddish bumps. They're active during warm weather and typically latch onto you when you move through their habitat, which is tall grass, weeds, and wooded areas, especially near water.
Chiggers are the larvae of the Trombiculidae mite species. Bites from these mite larvae can cause local pruritus and irritation called trombiculiasis or trombiculosis. The reaction is usually mild and self-limited, but the bites can transmit disease or result in bacterial superinfection.