CHIGGER

'Chigger' or 'chigoe' can refer to either of two parasitic arthropods with similar behaviors:

★ the chigoe flea (''Tunga penetrans''), found in tropical climates

★ the larva of a harvest mite (also called scru mite, red mite and several other names), found throughout temperate and tropical zones; the name ''chigger'' originated as a corruption of ''chigoe'', but the harvest mite is what is most commonly called a ''chigger'' in North America.