Chiggers

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Thanks, Butch...

Lot's of good information

http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/L-1223.html

It talked about using a mild anesthetic to numb the area of a chigger bite.

 

That stuff that is used to numb the gums when children teethe might be

something to try..

Besides the nailpolish, a good old time standby...

So far I've been lucky, Michigan has it's share of nasty bugs, Mosquitos

are our state bird and blackflies a real nuisance, so far chiggers are

not plentiful in my area..

I've never thought of trying a mild, local anesthetic, but will get the

stuff used for teething, who knows..

C-M

[Guest guest]

Hey Kathy,

 

> I really agree with that. I have never seen the bugger just the results

> there of.

 

Pretty little creatures they are .. Mama Nature didn't make no ugly

creatures .. except for a few of us humans. ;-)

 

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html

 

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef630.htm

 

http://entowww.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/L-1223.html

 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001333.htm

 

http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/chigger.html

 

Many-laiged critters in general ....

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/chiggers.html

 

And more on chiggers in general .........

http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/chigger

 

> These things are annoying as all get out and the only way for me to

> avoid them at this point is to stay inside and when I do have to get

> out I simply must not touch the ground at all.

 

Not touching the ground won't keep'em off .. chiggers like to grab you

when you walk by foliage too. ;-) But most of the above sites have

some info on avoiding them.

 

Mostly its folks who are lucky enough to live Down South and in the Old

West who gotta contend with chiggers. I grew up with chiggers .. and

skeeters and snakes and polecats and brown recluse and all kinds of fine

many-laiged and long fanged critters .. which is often a lot better than

having to grow up with a lot of the two-laigs in some big cities.

 

> Anyone have any oils for floating about the ground? LOL Kathy

 

Distilled EO of Cannabis sativa might work .. as long as the level of

tetrahydrocannabinol is high enough. ;-)

 

In addition to those preventive measures in some of the URLs above .. we

used to wrap rags soaked with kerosene around our ankles and shirt cuffs

... had to because one of my part time jobs as a yonker was picking

gallons of wild blackberries .. which we then sold to the city slickers

who passed along the road.

 

And Merinda .. whether or not there is a natural cure for all critters

in the area in which they are found is debatable. Might be true for

most plants .. and even for most snake bites and such .. though modern

man has sorta forgotten most of that. The American Indians of the South

used bear grease on their skins to protect them from insects. If enough

of y'all folks are willing to buy it .. I'll get a few barrels of it

myself and offer it in smaller quantities. ;-)

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: There is, however, a cure for some of the venomous two-laigs

running around bothering folks .. lead.

 

> I am a great one for believing that if you have a bug/chigger/tick in your

> area there will be a cure. The hard part is to find it.

>

> Regards

> Merinda