Chiggers are small mites causing intense itching, but are easily preventable by understanding their habits. These mites ...

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Chiggers are not insects; they are mites, meaning they are related to spiders and scorpions. Chiggers do not burrow under your skin, and they do not suck your blood. They do pierce your skin with ...

This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Currently two species of face mites are known; at least one of them appear to be present on all adult humans.

日前，郴州一老人在上山劳作后突然高热不退，幸好医生发现了她身上的多处“小伤口”，对症治疗后，这才转危为安…家在湖南郴州的王奶奶上山劳作时不慎被蜜蜂蛰伤头部和四肢，在当地医院就诊治疗后并无大碍便回家了。怎料出院一周后，王奶奶莫名出现发热，体温一度升高到 ...

Bed bugs aren’t known to directly spread disease, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t a public risk. These tiny bugs can ...

"These bites are not usually on legs where chigger bites may be found," IDPH reported. "The itch mite welts form into a pimple-like lesion after about 12 hours. The bites are very itchy and can be ...

But what about pore cleaning mites like Demodex folliculorum that spend their entire life living deep in our faces? At night, the 0.3mm long organisms leave the pores to find a new skin follicle ...

Prolonged rains have led to an increase in chigger (mite) colonies, which transmit the disease through bites. Chiggers live in grassy and green areas. Scrub typhus, caused by the Orientia ...

Red spider mites are tiny wingless insect-like creatures that have eight legs and a one-piece body. They are so small that a hand lens is needed to see them clearly. Greenhouse spider mites ...