Is chiggers bad this year?

lilranch2001 · Jun 29, 2014

I do not remember ever having my ankles itch as much as it seems they do this year.
Is it me just getting older or are they really bad this year?

Steve IA · Jun 29, 2014

I suppose it depends on where you live. This year I haven't been bothered a bit (or a bite) here in S. central Iowa. Maybe the extra rains have drowned the little buggers.
That and I'm really careful to apply OFF several times a day.

Western · Jun 29, 2014

Haven't seen one this year:thumbsup:

RobertBrown · Jun 29, 2014

luckily I have not been attacked yet this year, but I always take appropriate precautions. I did get chewed up bad last September, because I was not prepared
Chiggers are no different than any other insect in that some conditions favor the production. The weather or rainfall could affect their numbers. You may have just gone through a patch of newly hatched, hungry chiggers and they feasted on you.
I use high pvc boots, mil spec-rip stop nylon pants and permethrin and it saves my ankles. washing with soap and warm water as soon as you can will help as well.

JRobyn · Jun 30, 2014

Western said:
Haven't seen one this year:thumbsup:

You can SEE them!?

- Jay

1GB · Jun 30, 2014

Chiggers are bad, but poor grammar is even more rampant.

RobertBrown · Jun 30, 2014

1GB said:
Chiggers are bad, but poor grammar is even more rampant.

The chiggers we have here can't even vocalize let alone talk. You must have some smart ones where you live....must be Connecticut, Maine.....or California maybe?

MoKelly · Jun 30, 2014

I have had much more activity then I can remember in the past. MIne also do not speak.

MoKelly

2LaneCruzer · Jun 30, 2014

RobertBrown said:
The chiggers we have here can't even vocalize let alone talk. You must have some smart ones where you live....must be Connecticut, Maine.....or California maybe?

You should see the dangling participles and sentence fragments they leave down by the creek...and the subject/verb disagreement? Sheese!

rekees4300 · Jun 30, 2014

lilranch2001 said:
I do not remember ever having my ankles itch as much as it seems they do this year.
Is it me just getting older or are they really bad this year?

You know they are bad when you can walk on a gravel road and get them! The little b**tards have nailed me several times behind the knees and armpits.