Chiggers do not burrow into the skin or suck blood. Rather, they suck tissue fluids with their mouthparts. A chigger attaches to its host, injects digestive enzymes into the bite wound, and then sucks up the digested tissue. [read more here]
OUCH!!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Chiggers!!!!
Chiggers do not burrow into the skin or suck blood. Rather, they suck tissue fluids with their mouthparts. A chigger attaches to its host, injects digestive enzymes into the bite wound, and then sucks up the digested tissue. [read more here]
OUCH!!
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