just home...with bug bites!

[mk199]

chiggers chiggers everywhere

 

[Running_Bell]

YES.... we had them too. I actually mentioned it in my post yesterday... were there 10/23-31. What loop were you in? We were in 200 and they haven't paved all of the parking area so there was lots of sand, it seemed to happen only when we stood in the sand. We had itchy red bites all over our ankles and up to our knees. DH had it the worst... I think because he stood in the sand to grill. We took all of our cloths and bedding out of the RV little at a time once we returned hom and washed on hot. We could tell they were in the RV in the carpet... we would get bites there too. We sprinkled Sevin Dust all over the carpet and let it set overnight before vacuuming. We didn't see any more and the bites are finally going away. My son had chiggers a long time ago and they seemed to move up to the hottest part of his body, he was 7 and got them playing in a field on a camping trip.... we had to take him to the Dr. These didn't seem to move... but they sure did itch. It felt like flea bites.... somebody at the site near us told us they were mites from the spanish moss... I don't know, but we will remember that next time and spray the sand with some OFF.

 

[Running_Bell]

I just did a bit more searching about the red bug or chiggers and they are found a lot in Spanish Moss..... well, guess what was in the tree over our campsite... much Spanish Moss.

 

[sgrdh]

Holy Chiggers....
We just came back from Halloween weekend and I am tore up from the floor up. I cannot stop itching!!!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully I was the only victim of our family. Ankles, feet and legs!!! I'm trying cortisone cream with neosporin because I have literally ripped every bite open from scratching. YUK!! Does anyone know if rubbing a dryer sheet on your body helps prevent these for next time??