Comments on: 10 best and cheapest ways to avoid chiggers in South America. http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/ Birding in Peru and South America with Kolibri Expeditions Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: deborahjeancohen http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-6395 deborahjeancohen Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:42:52 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-6395 OH NO!!! OH NO!!!

]]> By: deborahjeancohen http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 deborahjeancohen Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:42:52 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-6396 OH NO!!! OH NO!!!

]]> By: Klacke http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-5331 Klacke Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:57:39 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-5331 Amazingly disgusting little buggers. So I guess we'd better prepare ourselves before we arrive in Peru in September. <br><br>Nice writeup !! and see you in September<br><br><br>/klacke Amazingly disgusting little buggers. So I guess we'd better prepare ourselves before we arrive in Peru in September.

Nice writeup !! and see you in September

/klacke

]]> By: Philip Brody http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-4327 Philip Brody Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:48 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-4327 Chigger bites, about ten were on my inner thighs after walking the path photographing Dragonflies on the NPS Buxton Wood trails on Hatteras Island. Wore sneakers without bug spray and occasionally kneeled down to photograph. I knew immediately what they were and they lasted about a week with no secondary infection. I learned long ago not to get off the path in semitropical and tropical areas and that DEET and tucking socks will generally protect you. Boots of course are a big pain if they are not otherwise needed. Also never, never sit or lie down in a cow pasture even when exhausted. P Brody Chigger bites, about ten were on my inner thighs after walking the path photographing Dragonflies on the NPS Buxton Wood trails on Hatteras Island. Wore sneakers without bug spray and occasionally kneeled down to photograph. I knew immediately what they were and they lasted about a week with no secondary infection. I learned long ago not to get off the path in semitropical and tropical areas and that DEET and tucking socks will generally protect you. Boots of course are a big pain if they are not otherwise needed. Also never, never sit or lie down in a cow pasture even when exhausted.

P Brody

]]> By: Gunnar Engblom http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 Gunnar Engblom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:55:21 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-4028 Iiiiech, Andy...that is horrible. Deet (or sulphur powder)yourself well before you go next time and where those rubber boots in the tall grass. Iiiiech, Andy...that is horrible. Deet (or sulphur powder)yourself well before you go next time and where those rubber boots in the tall grass.

]]> By: Andy Murphy http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-4027 Andy Murphy Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:52:18 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-4027 These chiggers are on Long Island ,New York and probaly else where in the area. I got bitten by a cloud of these walking in the fields of Rte 51 in Eastport this August. I still have bites that itch, and they seem to continue to come once the older bites cease . I probaly have these dormant on my clothes, and I suspect that putting clothes in the washer does not get rid of the dormant ones. I have been to my doctor who gave me an injection (cortisone?) and a perscription forPermethrin 5% cream. It says one application is generally curative, but I have been through two tubes and I still have the bites. This is the second time I got these in the same field, I got them last August, so I guess I am a slow learner. They went right through my pants tucked in socks.as well as inside my heavy walking boots to infest mylegs,waist and ankles as well. Then they moved up to my back and chest.This time I think I saw them as as walked through tall grassy plants,they loooked like a cloud of pollen that landed on my clothes, but when I looked closely I sware I could see some of tiny dots moving so I brushed off as much as I could, & took a hot shower when I got home, and put my clothes in the washer. But they got me good, and I am stiil aflicted in mid October . These chiggers are on Long Island ,New York and probaly else where in the area. I got bitten by a cloud of these walking in the fields of Rte 51 in Eastport this August. I still have bites that itch, and they seem to continue to come once the older bites cease . I probaly have these dormant on my clothes, and I suspect that putting clothes in the washer does not get rid of the dormant ones. I have been to my doctor who gave me an injection (cortisone?) and a perscription forPermethrin 5% cream. It says one application is generally curative, but I have been through two tubes and I still have the bites. This is the second time I got these in the same field, I got them last August, so I guess I am a slow learner. They went right through my pants tucked in socks.as well as inside my heavy walking boots to infest mylegs,waist and ankles as well. Then they moved up to my back and chest.This time I think I saw them as as walked through tall grassy plants,they loooked like a cloud of pollen that landed on my clothes, but when I looked closely I sware I could see some of tiny dots moving so I brushed off as much as I could, & took a hot shower when I got home, and put my clothes in the washer. But they got me good, and I am stiil aflicted in mid October .

]]> By: Rick King http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 Rick King Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:32:13 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-4019 Up to a week? How about 2 months!!! That was how long I was affected the first time I ran across chiggers, or the mite. After that it was more like 2-3 weeks. Up to a week? How about 2 months!!! That was how long I was affected the first time I ran across chiggers, or the mite. After that it was more like 2-3 weeks.

]]> By: Klacke http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Klacke Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:06:32 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-342 Amazingly disgusting little buggers. So I guess we'd better prepare ourselves before we arrive in Peru in September. Nice writeup !! and see you in September /klacke Amazingly disgusting little buggers. So I guess we'd better prepare ourselves before we arrive in Peru in September.

Nice writeup !! and see you in September

/klacke

]]> By: Gunnar Engblom http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Gunnar Engblom Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:05:39 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-297 Fernando: How is the chigger situation at the lodge? Alastair: Think Deet and rubber boots and the itching goes away. Marvin: The key is to spray on your clothing. DEET should not be any worse (my suposition!) than Permethrin healthwise. Peter. In South America anywhere below 1500m seems to be bad. However, there are local differences. Without taking precautions, I did not have any problems in SE Brazil, nor at Serra de Canastra - which is all grassland! Fernando: How is the chigger situation at the lodge?
Alastair: Think Deet and rubber boots and the itching goes away.
Marvin: The key is to spray on your clothing. DEET should not be any worse (my suposition!) than Permethrin healthwise.
Peter. In South America anywhere below 1500m seems to be bad. However, there are local differences. Without taking precautions, I did not have any problems in SE Brazil, nor at Serra de Canastra - which is all grassland!

]]> By: Peter http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/10-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-avoid-chiggers-in-south-america/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Peter Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:11:46 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=637#comment-285 I would like to find information on exactly where in North and South America that chiggers are a problem. They are a problem in Trinidad but not in Tobago. Last week, in preparation for a trip to Puerto Rico, I spent a fruitless hour on the web trying to discover if chiggers are a problem in Puerto Rico. In the absence of that information, I did take precautions and have now returned with just a few skin lesions that look and behave like chigger bites, so maybe Puerto Rico does have chiggers, or maybe my bites are from something else. I would appreciate it if someone could identify a definitive and comprehensive source for information on the location of chigger hot spots and of locations where chiggers are absent from the landscape. I would like to find information on exactly where in North and South America that chiggers are a problem. They are a problem in Trinidad but not in Tobago. Last week, in preparation for a trip to Puerto Rico, I spent a fruitless hour on the web trying to discover if chiggers are a problem in Puerto Rico. In the absence of that information, I did take precautions and have now returned with just a few skin lesions that look and behave like chigger bites, so maybe Puerto Rico does have chiggers, or maybe my bites are from something else. I would appreciate it if someone could identify a definitive and comprehensive source for information on the location of chigger hot spots and of locations where chiggers are absent from the landscape.

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