[Homestead] Chigger WAS Anthropology -

Robert Walton waltonrp at gmail.com
Thu Jan 15 22:05:01 EST 2009


Before I even get to the point of trying nail polish, I end up digging
them out with my nails.

I wonder what pioneers did. What were their reactions to all these new
and inescapable bugs?

Rob - Va

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Chiggers are small, almost microscopic mites that burrow under your skin
> and cause severe itching.  The only way to kill them is to cut off their
> air supply, suffocating them.  Most folks I know use fingernail polish
> to accomplish that.
> Google "chigger" and you will even see pictures.



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