Ticks are awful, but chiggers in many ways are as bad if not worse. You can see ticks, even in the tiny larval phase to which we often refer to as seed ticks. It's easy to hate a malignancy that we ...

Treat the grass: First, keep your lawn mowed. Chiggers climb up vegetation to wait for passing hosts. Keeping your lawn cut short can discourage this. Also, you can treat your yard with outdoor sprays ...