What can I do to get rid of chiggers on my legs?

Answer 1

Take an American flag, dip it in gasoline, wrap your legs in the flag, then light it. Voila, no more chiggers.

Answer 2

Theres medicine specifically for chiggers at wal-mart. Another thing i've heard of is to paint over the chigger bites with clear nail polish, it's supposed suffocate them.

Answer 3

As kids we put a little bleach in a hot bath. By the time we got out there were no more chiggers. Not much bleach.

Answer 4

Chiggers
Chiggers, or harvest mites are microscopic, reddish arachnids that usually cannot be seen with the naked eye. The larvae (babies) hatch in grass and foliage and attach themselves to anyone who gets close enough for them to climb onto. After finding a suitable host, the larvae attaches itself to a pore or hair follicle and injects digestive enzymes into the hole that promptly dissolve the surrounding skin cells which are then used for nourishment by the growing chigger. Once they’ve eaten their fill they release from their hosts, grow into adults and feed on plant matter on which they lay more eggs. The bites themselves usually progress into super-itchy, raised red welts that can take up to two weeks to heal. Below you will find instructions for eliminating chiggers as well as reducing the effects of their bites.

Eliminating chiggers
Chiggers are active during the warm season from spring to early fall. They can be found living in berry patches and bushes, tall grass and weeds, straw, leaves, fences, bark, and dense foliage.
Outside, keep grass trimmed and weeds pulled. Remove any dense foliage that isn’t part of the landscaping as well as piles of decaying leaves and plant matter. Flood all remaining foliage with a mixture of soap and water to kill off adults and larvae. Repeat the flood once a week for a month to get newly hatched larvae and you should have eliminated most of them.

If they’ve made it into your houseplants, move them outdoors and kill the adults and larvae by soaking them with a mild insecticidal soap that is labeled as safe for edibles or houseplants. Keep the plants away from people and pets and repeat the rinse weekly for four weeks.


Treatment and Prevention
If a person or pet becomes infested with chiggers, it’s important that you wash them as well as their clothing at the same time. Otherwise larvae that hadn’t yet made it to the skin can stick around for another chance and once they feed, they will drop off and head for the nearest houseplant.

Answer 5

first of all, the chiggers are no longer "on you" like some people are implying. it is just their bite that is still affecting you. the best thing still, like others have said, is clear finger nail polish. also DO NOT scratch them.

Answer 6

Cover the infested areas with transluscent nail polish that will suffocate them Nu-skin works just as well and Krazy glue will do in a pinch.

Answer 7

Chiggers or shivers?

Answer 8

Just get chigaway. It has sulfur in it and they hate it. You can eat match heads the night before you go out again or just use chigaway. You'll be surprised how fast it works.
I'm in the Army and once went to Ft. Stewart in the middle of the Summer. I counted 137 bites on ONE leg. I got my chigaway out and it stopped bothering me right away. I never had another problem because I put it on BEFORE I went out next time... duh!

Answer 9

Clear fingernail polish or very hot watter will help. Still takes a few days tho. Sorry I know how that is.

Answer 10

Put alcohol on the bite and them clear nail polish over it. It suffocates them and makes it quit itching