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East of Broken Bow | What they seem to do to me, is crawl along my skin or clothing until they find a 'snug' spot: something like the elastic of your socks, your waistband, etc, anywhere your clothing is snug on your skin. In reality they can bite anywhere, but they seem to concentrate on those areas the most. I get a LOT of chiggers, or at least I used to when I had to hand walk my irrigation. Walking through the grass and weeds around a field was a sure way to get them.
They burrow a little hole in your skin, and that is when they itch. My mother used to use clear nail polish over our chigger bites with the idea when the nail polish hardened it would smother the chigger and they would stop biting. While I can say it did help clear things up quicker, if the chigger had given you a deep bite, or if you scratched it a lot, the fingernail polish would BURN when she put it on.
What really seemed to help, and doesn't burn as much, was to apply 'Chiggerid' on the bites as soon as you see them. It smells a lot like fingernail polish but doesn't burn nearly as much, so there probably was something to Mom's old home remedy. I can't seem to find it locally anymore, but an online search brought it up. Also, an 'after bite' pen works pretty well to relieve the itching:
link to Chigarid:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Chigarid-Chigarid-External-Analgesic-0-5-...
Link to After Bite (the extra strength is on sale for Prime Day:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Z5KG1SN/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhd...
Lastly, if you don't like chemicals, you can get a salve/ointment that is made from natural herbs and plants that is based on Native American Indian remedies. It works pretty well, and uses natural remedies instead of chemicals. It is pretty good for chiggers, and the best thing I have found to sooth yellow jacket stings.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/197470658112?_skw=medicine+of+the+people+in...
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Chigger bite question...
