That sounds awful. I was tromping through some tall foliage too. I was very

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Jun 10, 2024
9:50:15am

Jfly1975 Contributor

careful to look out for poison ivy but can’t see chiggers.

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Jfly1975

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Lived in Texas for almost 20 years now. I have been on dozens of campouts with

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 4:56am

20.years in Texas and your first time? You don't get out much or

Uno Doctoro

Jun 10, 6:21am

Ha! For real, I’m am suprised it never happened before too. Camp Worth was the

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 6:38am

Killer hornets at Camp Worth are very insane.

88Coug

Jun 10, 7:33am

Get ready to itch for 2 weeks

Skeptical Optimist

Jun 10, 6:23am

I got all sorts of bites just from grilling on the back patio last night

Preppy

Jun 10, 6:39am

That’s just it. I don’t usually get bites, even mosquitoes.

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 6:52am

I've had chigger bites from many locations in the south. I got a few while

sammycoug

Jun 10, 6:51am

Thanks for the recommendation. I will grab some on the way home from work. Gotta

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 6:53am

The gel version has worked slightly better for me but the spray is really

sammycoug

Jun 10, 7:00am

Day 1 isn't the worst with chiggers, imo. It's about day 3 the itching peaks

Squeegee

Jun 10, 6:54am

Went on a church history tour in Nauvoo. Our guide never told us about chiggers. Walked away with dozens of those things

byuluvr

Jun 10, 7:00am

Pee on them.

A Drew Aitch

Jun 10, 7:01am

RE: Pee on them.

Bandersnatch

Jun 10, 8:46am

When I was young

tyler durden

Jun 10, 7:09am

Put clear nail polish on them. Long ago, I walked through a forest in Georgia

88Coug

Jun 10, 7:32am

This is the way

GulfCoastcoug

Jun 10, 8:50am

RE: Lived in Texas for almost 20 years now. I have been on dozens of campouts

OldFogey

Jun 10, 7:52am

I stupidly went into our backlot, wearing shorts and a Tshirt, to knock down a lot of weeds and low brush...

Coug

Jun 10, 7:58am

That sounds awful. I was tromping through some tall foliage too. I was very

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 9:50am

It was mostly my fault... I shouldn't have done it in shorts and a t-shirt...

Coug

Jun 10, 10:03am

I hate chiggers

EDthoracotomy

Jun 10, 8:16am

I saw my cousin who served in Arkansas this weekend & he got them all the time

Kolipoki

Jun 10, 8:43am

Finger nail polish on each sore will clear it up.

First-n-10

Jun 10, 9:03am

My wife was on her mission in Alabama and while tracting was talking to a man on

King of Y

Jun 10, 9:18am

Fire ants are worse. Especially when my kids were small. Occasionally they’d

Jfly1975

Jun 10, 9:52am

Fire ants are like iocane powder. I've spent a lifetime building up an

OldFogey

Jun 10, 10:29am

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Jfly1975

Jun 10, 10:34am

I hate fire ants. So bad

A Drew Aitch

Jun 10, 11:15am

I knocked on a door in TX as a missionary. When I realized I was being attacked-

SBB

Jun 10, 10:36am

I guess he is hotter than your spouse. Bummer.

Bin01015

Jun 10, 4:39pm

hate-HATE them! I'm some sort of allergic to them. Mine blister and then pop

BlueKarma

Jun 10, 9:28am

Got it bad one year in Georgia when I was in the military. Went out to the field for a day or two and must have been in

TheLoneCougar

Jun 10, 9:38am

got chigger bites on my Juevos...

BYU Grounds

Jun 10, 1:16pm

RE: got chigger bites on my Juevos...

OldFogey

Jun 10, 1:19pm

In my defense I was 13 years old.

BYU Grounds

Jun 10, 1:21pm

I grew up in TX. Had my share of chigger bites all over. It's more of a "been in

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