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The worst itch I ever had came from chiggers around my waist when I was about 18.  It looked like I was wearing a red belt. Got them walking in the weeds fishing around a pond.

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46 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

The worst itch I ever had came from chiggers around my waist when I was about 18.  It looked like I was wearing a red belt. Got them walking in the weeds fishing around a pond.

Ooof, that’s rough. 

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Remedies already given seem to cover anything I could offer as advice.  As for prevention, if you're going somewhere you know you're going to be around mosquitos, chiggers, and even ticks to a point, there is something that works better than anything I've seen.  It's a permethrin clothes wash.  I've never seen them sold in stores (probably not FDA-approved and has some side effects they'll never let you know about), but if you have any buddies in the military ask them for some of it.  I've crawled around Ft. Benning and other places in the hot summer.  Except for a couple of ticks on uncovered skin, it's worked for me.  Gnats, though, I have no idea what to do about.  Just eat them and consider it protein?

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4 minutes ago, CountryboyinDC said:

Remedies already given seem to cover anything I could offer as advice.  As for prevention, if you're going somewhere you know you're going to be around mosquitos, chiggers, and even ticks to a point, there is something that works better than anything I've seen.  It's a permethrin clothes wash.  I've never seen them sold in stores (probably not FDA-approved and has some side effects they'll never let you know about), but if you have any buddies in the military ask them for some of it.  I've crawled around Ft. Benning and other places in the hot summer.  Except for a couple of ticks on uncovered skin, it's worked for me.  Gnats, though, I have no idea what to do about.  Just eat them and consider it protein?

I’ve tried biting at them Many times, can’t get em ........

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Just now, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve tried biting at them Many times, can’t get em ........

I've tried the zappers and traps, seems to make no difference in my yard.  I thought about not bathing for about a month to see if the crust that builds up will keep them away, but the wife says those days are behind me.

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The best treatment of chiggers is a good defense.  The defense depends on just how bad you want to keep from getting bit.

First, a wearing a pair of woman's panty hose help greatly.  Trust me, you can laugh about the panty hose, but I've seen a lot of the baddest people on the planet not hesitate to put them on when going into areas known to be infested with chiggers (red bugs).

Next blousing you pants at the angles and spraying them with a high concentration of DEET.  Tucking your shirt in and spraying around the waist and up the front if it buttons, with the DEET.  Wear a long sleeve shirt and spray around the cuffs with the DEET. All openings in your clothing is sprayed with DEET.  If you are sweating your butt off because it's hot and humid, re-apply the DEET every hour or so.  

Back in the early 80's I spent two months on at training exercise at Camp Robinson Arkansas low crawling around in some of the most chigger infested grass lands in the country.  There were guys sent to the hospital because of them.  They literally did not have spot on their body that was not infested with chigger bites.  I never got a bite.   Since I was one of the instructors, I briefed everyone about them and how to prepare.  Those that failed the head the advise given, suffered  missilry.

 

Now, for gnat's, an old redneck trick is just to cut a hole in the seat of your britches.  That gives them a place to go besides your face.    Realistically, you can either keep you hair, hat and collar sprayed with DEET, or just wear a mesh mosquito and gnat screen over your head.    

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8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve tried biting at them Many times, can’t get em ........

 

I had a vasectomy... Helps if you take the cone off first....

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I havent ever had a bad case of them,  even though Ive spent a good amount of time in the woods.

The worst problem around here is the yellow flies, and yellow jackets. Got stung 3-4 times last year by Yellow Jackets, and it felt like somebody had stuck a hypodermic needle in my neck...I let out a yell that would curl your hair....

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On 6/9/2021 at 11:41 AM, BigAngus752 said:

I get chigger bites on my feet and ankles several times a year. As soon as they appear I put one dab/swipe of clear fingernail polish on top of each bite. It dries hard and completely stops the itching. No idea how or why. The nail polish will usually stay on until the bite is better if I don’t scrub hard in the shower or I may reapply once. 

^^ THIS! ^^

 

Got in to chiggers as a youngster...had 200+ bites round my groin / business...itchy as all get out! Mom applied clear fingernail polish. Was better in a few days. 

 

Good luck!

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29 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Chiggers can rot in hell. that is all

Well said. This has been helping a little 
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Pour boiling hot water over the affected area and take the pain.when the pain subsides you won’t notice the chigger bite.if this fails , take a lighter and burn it out.this will scab over in a few days and all is well..

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7 hours ago, flatcreek said:

Pour boiling hot water over the affected area and take the pain.when the pain subsides you won’t notice the chigger bite.if this fails , take a lighter and burn it out.this will scab over in a few days and all is well..

Holy crap man! 

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I hate chiggers and ticks. Lately ticks have been wearing me out.i pick em out with tweezers and the dang heads of the suckers are so deep that the wound last for 3 weeks.

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8 hours ago, flatcreek said:

Pour boiling hot water over the affected area and take the pain.when the pain subsides you won’t notice the chigger bite.if this fails , take a lighter and burn it out.this will scab over in a few days and all is well..


Now that’s a man….

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54 minutes ago, GaryH said:


 

54 minutes ago, GaryH said:


Now that’s a man….

 

Sure is ... I want to hang out with Spike too.

 

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On 6/9/2021 at 11:45 AM, gimruis said:

Deer flies are pretty intolerable in a river I fish during the summer.  Its basically surrounded by timber so they can get pretty thick.  I have found nothing that repels them, literally nothing.  I even tried imported Canadian bug spray that was 100% deet.

 

They'll land right on your face and take a bite out of you.  Sometimes I slap at them like a mosquito on my arm or leg and they fly away like nothing happened lol.  I've had to quit fishing a few times over the years because they were intolerable, even when the smallmouth river bite was on.

 

big horse flies are they the same as a deer fly? Anyway the horse flies are bad in north dakota but arount detroit lakes no problem with any flies only ticks and mosquitos.

15 hours ago, flatcreek said:

Pour boiling hot water over the affected area and take the pain.when the pain subsides you won’t notice the chigger bite.if this fails , take a lighter and burn it out.this will scab over in a few days and all is well..

this is what our drill instructor told us to do in bootcamp if we ever got the crabs. He also said to put diesel fuel or gas on.

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