Question: are no see ums chiggers?
Answer: It is not an insect but rather an arachnid and the larva of a red mite called the harvest mite (Trombicula alfred-dugesi). Although we do have chiggers in our area, they are not all that common, and I think that most of the unknown bites are those of the tiny flies known as biting midges or no-see-ums.