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Originally Posted by juanbenae

WOW! Had never heard of a Chigger, makes a tick, minus the lime disease seem tame. Just watch a video on them and that's dam creepy, like an outside bed bug. Have you tried an insect repellant like a spray on that they may not want to get up on ya?

Yep, nasty little bastards! They tend to concentrate places like ankles, the back of the knees, arm pits, waistband, and crotch/groin area if they can. I guess the good news is that my undies are tight enough that they rarely get to my crotch. This time all but one or two of the bites are below my knees. I haven't tried a repellant. I have heard it works, but never think about buying any when I'm someplace that would have it. What I do have is permethrin. You can spray (soak) clothes in it, and then let the clothes dry (naturally, not in the dryer). Then the permethrin is supposed to be safe for people, but deadly to most crawly critters on contact through several washings.

So if i spray some socks, and my work pants, I should be in good shape.

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I’m embarrassed to tell the story, but here we go …

When Little Rocket man was very little, he was playing in the backyard and got chiggers. Where did he get chiggers? On his bojo and nut sack. Ms Rocket put some kind of topical on, and little rocket man was screaming that it was burning.

So what do you do when the bug bite stings after putting topical on it? You blow on it! I drew the short straw… 😂

LOL! Yep, crotch is their favorite place. I've only gotten them there once. I was mowing the lawn and had to take a leak, so stopped and peed on a tree which gave them an opportunity. Sadly, I didn't have anyone around that I could or would have enjoyed asking for topical treatment.