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3049. PelleNilsson - 5/13/2005 2:02:10 PM In my never-ending quest for useless knowledge I came across this in the Brittanica:
Chigger, also called scrub mite, harvest mite, bête rouge , or chigger mite the larva of any of the 10,000 species of the invertebrate suborder Prostigmata of the subclass Acarina (sometimes Acari, or Acarida). The name is also erroneously applied to an insect better known as the chigoe, jigger, or jigger flea.
Various chiggers are pests of man, either as parasites or as carriers of disease. Attacks of chiggers often result in a dermatitis accompanied by intense itching.
In North America the common chigger that attacks humans is Eutrombicula alfreddugèsi (also called Trombicula irritans). This species occurs from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest and southward to Mexico. The tiny larvae easily penetrate clothing. Once on the skin surface, they attach themselves and inject a fluid that digests tissue and causes severe itching. The surrounding tissue hardens, forming a tube.
3050. thoughtful - 5/13/2005 3:36:57 PM I always thought chiggers were the south's revenge on yankees who tried to steal some spanish moss... 3051. wonkers2 - 5/13/2005 5:50:52 PM The correct term in Louisiana for chigger is "red bug." 3052. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 6:04:21 PM Some Texans (like my grandmother) call them that, too. 3053. PelleNilsson - 5/13/2005 6:05:13 PM Today's afternoon sky. Nothing spectacular but still a bit odd.
 3054. thoughtful - 5/13/2005 6:12:06 PM neat picture...love the colors. Looks like the kind of day that brings lots of images with the clouds...That one in the middle...I see a swan, or a haughty lady with a prominent chin in a powdered wig! 3055. PelleNilsson - 5/13/2005 6:33:03 PM Your screen doubles as a mirror? 3056. thoughtful - 5/13/2005 6:56:42 PM very funny....
if it did, I'd see a hag with a wart on her nose 3057. wabbit - 5/13/2005 7:23:39 PM Hmmm, I thought you were an adorable little girl with a duck.
Hey Pelle, that would make a very nice desktop background - can you link to a larger version? 3058. thoughtful - 5/13/2005 7:38:40 PM thoughtful before she puts on her makeup
3059. concerned - 5/13/2005 8:03:13 PM We don't have 'skeeters in this part of the world con, so I cannot help you.
Nor snakes, I hear. St. Patrick wasn't very environmentally sensitive, was he? 3060. concerned - 5/13/2005 8:11:32 PM I don't know why, but ticks 'n chiggers are two types of bugs that I haven't had problems with on my heavily forested property complete with wildlife. Haven't been so lucky with horseflies & deerflies, however. 3061. concerned - 5/13/2005 8:17:32 PM I just received the 200 Repellex deer repellant tablets I had ordered today. They're supposed to be put in the ground next to the roots of plants to be protected from these rats with antlers with the idea that the plant will incorporate stuff from the tablet over several weeks and then taste repugnant to deer, etc. for a year or two.
They might actually work judging by the fact that merely handling the closed plastic bags when removing them from the mailing container created a bitter taste in my mouth that must have persisted for half an hour. 3062. PelleNilsson - 5/13/2005 8:21:56 PM Here is the original pic. You may want to crop it. 3063. wabbit - 5/13/2005 8:25:28 PM Thank you, Pelle - it is on my desktop now (with the same cropping you used). 3064. thoughtful - 5/15/2005 8:41:06 PM concerned, I'll be very interested to find out if it works. The only thing that's effective that I've found is staking out bars of ivory soap...not the most attractive for sure. 3065. thoughtful - 5/15/2005 8:43:58 PM Yesterday's walk down by the river took me past a jack-in-the-pulpit or two.
On today's walk, I saw a trilium in bloom...reminds me of an orchid. Tho I didn't have my camera with me...here's someone else's shot...
 3066. thoughtful - 5/15/2005 8:46:38 PM The other thing that's really popped this year is our crab apple tree in the front yard.
A close-up of the blossoms...
And they have a very nice fragrance too. 3067. thoughtful - 5/15/2005 8:48:56 PM And here's Casimir in the tree, with my roadside rock garden in the background...that little patch of blue in the garden is the ajuga which is in full bloom right now.
 3068. judithathome - 5/15/2005 9:19:24 PM Beautiful trees...and cat!
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