Talk:Chigger (disambiguation)

I made a proposal on Talk:Chigger (arthropod) for how to simplify this. I think two disambigs for the same thing is a waste. - Taxman Talk 16:06, August 4, 2005 (UTC) Chiggers do not actually go into your skin.

"harvest mite" in the article should be linked to the wiki article "harvest mite"

Could this possibly also mean a derogatory term for a half black and half chinese person.162.83.160.14 04:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

It's a portmanteau of "chink" and "nigger", not "chinese" and "nigger". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.74.187.73 (talk) 12:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I found this page confusing. There are two separate species being described, with information included that does not apply to both. As correctly stated by previous user above, the larval stage of the harvest mite do not burrow into the skin and lay eggs. Chigoe fleas do burrow into skin and the mature females lay eggs which drop to the ground. This page should merely direct people to the articles for each species: "Chigoe flea" and "Harvest mite", that accurately represent information for both species, and this page should simply state that both species may be commonly referred to as "chiggers". I've never done this before, so I apologize if this is not the appropriate way to go about this - I did not edit the entry. Saturday, 2008-03-22 23:40 UTC —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanubo (talk • contribs)

Sorry, still trying to figure this out...This may help since I can't seem to get it right:

[1] Iowa State University Dept of Entomology, "chiggers"

[2] Parasitology Research & Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology, Tunga penetrans  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanubo (talk • contribs) 23:59, 22 March 2008 (UTC)