Chiggers: The Phantom Menace

Chiggers: The Phantom Menace

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Chiggers are tiny little mites capable of making your life miserable. Worse than mosquitoes? Maybe. But they aren’t insects - mites are actually part of the arachnid family and behave a little like ticks. Learn all about these nearly invisible pests in today’s episode.