I want to share one photo from an interesting article about tick bites causing allergy to meat and dairy products (the alpha gal syndrome).
What interested me the most was this image and its caption, noting the minute size of immature ticks (presumably nymphs) and the comment that "bites from even the tiniest specimen seem to be a risk." I've always relied on inspection and removal of ticks acquired while hiking, but I don't think I could reliably detect nymphs as small as chiggers.
Chiggers were made by the devil to punish those who love the outdoors. Sad, really.
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