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From: "candyandrick" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Re: Chiggers (off topic)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:32:54 -0600
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Thanks for posting that Dale. I was just getting ready to say pretty much
the same thing as you! You know, it does seem that the little fellers do
like Arkansas cemeteries a lot as I always get a bait of them when I go
marker searching if I didn't put OFF all over me. Maybe they're there
searching for their ancestors, too!

Rick Lawrence - Tulsa


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Marr" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Re: Chiggers (off topic)


>> What is gross, they lay their eggs under the skin...
>
> Nope. That's a myth. (See my post from this morning.) It's only when
> they're in the larval stage they pose any threat. The
> larvae live in the grass and sense you coming by the carbon dioxide you
> exhale. They crawl onto you, find a suitable place to set
> up shop, and attach themselves to your skin (not under it) much like a
> tick. They then inject saliva which contains an enzyme that
> liquefies some of the skin cells and drink up -- not your blood but the
> liquefied skin cells. Once they're full they fall or crawl
> off. By the time you itch the little bugger is likely long gone. It's
> the enzymes in the saliva left behind that cause the intense
> itching.
>
> The only ones that lay eggs are adults, and the adults don't bother you.
> They don't lay their eggs on you or under your skin.
>
> Sealing the bite off from the air is supposed to help, hence the nail
> polish remedy. I suspect Super Glue or some of that liquid
> bandage stuff (which is essentially the same thing as Super Glue, only
> more expensive) would serve the same purpose. I've found Off
> seems to work pretty well as a preventive. Skin-So-Soft seemed to attract
> them in my case, but I've heard it works well for others.
> Hydrocortisone cream (Rx strength) had little effect as a treatment
> either.
>
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