What are these bugs? (1 Viewer)

When I walk outside onto the patio during the warm weather months, I can usually look down and see these yellowish bugs on my arms and on my clothes. They are tiny. One landed on my paper, and it was about the size of a period. And, I think they bite. What are they? Chiggers? I tried doing an image search on chiggers, but everything came up blown up like in a microscope. If they're chiggers or something else, is there something that could be put down on the grass to get rid of them?

If they're non-flying insects try some Ortho Home Defense Max to create a barrier around your house and patio. I was pretty skeptical that this stuff would work but the piles of dead ants that I find next to my patio show that it's still working two months after I sprayed. Of course if you have aerial pests then you're out of luck.

chiggers are red

...Violets are blue...



Regards,

Joe

These things look quite like the picture at that wiki link.

well maybe you have yellow chiggers

Chiggers are pretty small and you normally don't notice them until they start to itch. What you describe is different than my experience with chiggers.

Good Wiki info. I always thought they burrowed into the skin. We used to put amonioa on the wound with a q-tip because we thought it killed the chigger. They itch like hell too. I used to get them on my legs at the lake. They love tall grass. For the most part, keeping the lot mowed keeps them away.

House Centipede?:

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/housece.html

http://www.uark.edu/depts/entomolo/m...centipede.html

Jay

If what Jeff's saying is accurate, you're probably right that the color rules them out. These things sure don't seem as disgusting as how chiggers are described. They are more an annoyance. You look down, there are about five of them on your arms and shirt, you flick them off, and that's it. I haven't had any bug bites or anything from them. I guess I need to try to get a picture with a digital camera.

I would say gnats (especially if you're in the South), but gnats aren't yellow.

Chiggers(red bugs down here) dont fly, if you are going into an area that you believe has redbugs(hiking, hunting in the woods) pull your socks over your pants leg and rub a light coat of vaseline above your ankle area and at the top of the sock and the vaseline will keep them from climbing on you and trap them.

These guys fly. Maybe they're fleas.

Leafhoppers?

That was the first thing I thought of... except for the biting part. Perhaps you have some form of "Africanized leafhopper" from South America.

I have a gnat problem myself. I used apple cider vinegar to kill them, but they keep coming back. Will Home Depot or Lowes have a good solution for them?

Are you sure this is something you want to tell everyone?

Death to all house Centapedes! I can't stand the sight of these hairy little bastards, and man can they RUN!

Too bad they're not fast enough to outrun my can of Raid which kills them in a matter of seconds. For some wierd reason they're legs fall off after they die. And don't even get me started on Waterbugs. :frowning: Just typing the word gives me the willies! :frowning::frowning:

I'll second the recommendation for Ortho Home Defense Max. Works very well, both indoor and outdoor.

I like house centipedes although they are disgusting to look at. But they have one huge advantage: they do get rid of cockroaches.

I don't mind small Centapedes, but it's the big daddy's that ick me out. :frowning: I saw one one time that was so freakin' large that I could have sworn it was wearing size 8 and a half Nike's on all of it's feet!