Chiggers

[Penny Brockman <>]

Re: Gunnar's email below, I've spent a lot of time in Peru and a bit of 
time in Ecuador and never had problems with chiggers. Jiggers I avoided 
simply by not sitting on damp ground near water courses, and always 
wearing walking boots and thick trousers. If you walk about in sandals 
and shorts you are asking for trouble.
> Hi all
> I had not checked this account in a while.  Lawrie Conole just let me know
> that my chiggers post in my newsletter stirred up quite a discussion. What
> Penny says is true also. In Peru we got both sorts - jiggers (fleas which do
> lay eggs) and chiggers (mites that bite). Both itch. I have found that
> chiggers are more common in the forested areas and this is what we have most
> problems with. The protection against both is similar and it dealt with in
> the newsletter.
> On the positve side, is that the response to the bites is less with time. I
> hardly get sleepless nights from chiggers nowadays...so some sort of
> immunity can be acquiered.
>
> Should anyone want a copy of the newsletter let me know.
>
> The particular post about chiggers can be found here:
> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/
>
> or short link
>
> http://bit.ly/25Qeo
>
> Gunnar
>   
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