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  • From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chigger WAS Anthropology -
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:05:01 -0500

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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