Chiggers

[Ttechhunter]

You have to spray your "lunch".

You first! Lol

[Tommy_V]

where do you get sulfur?

Any kind of feed store will carry it.

[Charles]

Monthly pedicures

[LWArchery]

Chigger











Common names: Chigger, Redbug

Scientific name: Order Arachnida, family Trombiculidae, Trombicula spp., Entrombicula spp.

Size: Microscopic

Identification: Microscopic animals related to ticks and spiders. Larvae are bright red.

Biology and life cycle: Nymphs hatch in the spring and are parasites on humans and animals. They inject a digestive juice that dissolves skin cells so they can be more easily eaten. Affected skin will redden and swell. Their numbers are the highest in mid-summer. The adults feed on insects.






Habitat: Grasslands and weedy unirrigated areas.

Feeding habits: Nymphs attach to skin of various animals to feed.

Economic importance: Cause severe itching and small reddish welts on skin.

Natural control: Increased soil moisture. Some researchers say chiggers have no natural enemies. That may be true, but the imported fire ants will certainly eliminate them.

Organic control: Sulfur dust is a good repellent. So is lemonmint, also called horsemint (Monarda citriodora). Take a hot, soapy bath to remove larvae. Stop the itching with baking soda, vinegar, aloe vera, or comfrey juice.

Insight: If you have to walk through property that's dry and weedy and it's summertime, take a few precautions. First, don't wear shorts. Second, dust your shoes, pant legs, and socks with powdered sulfur. It's available at any nursery or feed store. Rubbing the crushed flowers of lemonmint on your clothing will also repel chiggers.

Chiggers can be controlled with a broadcast application of diatomaceous earth or an application of granular or dusting sulfur at 5 pounds per 1,000 square feet. If you have alkaline soil, the sulfur is also a good soil amendment. If you have acid soil, just don't overdo it. Excess sulfur will kill or severely imbalance the microorganisms in the soil. If your property is watered occasionally, chiggers won't be a problem.

We know one outdoorsman who swears that if you don't wear underwear or socks, the chiggers won't have a place to hide and won't bother you.

Treat infested sites with elemental sulfur at 5 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Chiggers like dry infertile soil. Increase the organic matter and the water holding capacity of the soil and the pressure from these mites will be minimal. Lava sand or other volcanic material will help the soil’s moisture retention. Apply baby oil to your body before dressing if you plan to be in infested area.

[jathomas437]

You first! Lol

I do! It burns for a minute, but ya' gotta man up!

[BOHICA]

Once you have them, use Destin baby rash ointment, works great, to prevent them I tuck my pants inside my rubber boots and spray down with sportsmen's bug spray

[Hudge]

iv been told to stuff a dry sheet in your socks and around the waist line

[TxKronik]

Sprinkle 7 dust on your boots and ankle area of pant legs an you won't get any bites been doing that my whole
Life at the ranch and never get them forgot the last time I went and now I'm covered in bites from the little Turds

[elkbowhunter]

Thanks Tex. Ill try that 7 dust. Probably better smelling than sulphur. If 7 dust don't work, ill try the sulphur. One thing I have never seen in Montana or Alaska is chiggers Very nasty critters.

Mine are not this bad but check out these chigger bites!! good grief!!!

[dadogg]

Permanone or Permitheryn (sp?). They sell it at Wally mart or Academy, about $6 a can. Spray your clothes and its good for a couple of washings. It will kill Ticks and Chiggers.

This has worked for the last couple of years for me. I get mine at a feed store, comes in a yellow / green can. We spray from the waist down with it. It either works really well or we have been real lucky so far.

[txarrows]

I have used a product from a company called Cedarcide it works really good. It keeps ticks and Mosquitos away. I also use it as a cover scent when I'm bowhunting it works really good. It comes in bottle. They have several cedar products. Here's the website www.cedarcide.com I hope this helps.

[Brown County Man]

Put those cheap flea collars around the bottom of your boots

[Aggiebush]

Real men take sulfur tablets. You don't have to worry about chiggers or any woman that can smell getting near you.

[RascalArms]

The regular OFF doesn't cut it but the DEEP WOODS OFF works if you spray enough on you. Douse it on pretty good and you won't have any issues.

[Red Arrow]

Put sulphur in a sock and dust your legs with it

^^^ This I worked for a land surveying company for many summers and I used this method and it worked pretty well.