Question: are chiggers and jiggers the same thing?
Answer: One recent question was about the difference between jiggers and chiggers. The jigger, Tunga penetrans, also known as chigoe flea, is a parasitic arthropod found in tropical and subtropical areas. It lives in soil and sand but feeds on warm-blooded hosts, including humans. ... Chiggers have nothing to do with chigoe fleas.