Your snappy message. The chigger is invisible to the naked eye. The larva has six legs, is hairy, yellow, orange or light red and travels very rapidly.
Chiggers live and breed on the ground and prefer a warm, moist habitat where rodents are abundant.
When people sit in Chigger infested areas, they may get chigger bites around the waistline, especially under elastic bands of underwear. The chigger bites cause a systemic reaction inlcuding redness, pain and severe itching. Treatment Take starch baths, apply calamine lotion. No emails for emergencies or exposures.