A Manual of the Chiggers: The Biology, Classification, Distribution, and Importance to Man of the Larvae of the Family Trombiculidae (Acarina) (Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, Number 4)

185 pp. 8vo. A study of tiny harvest mites commonly referred to as chiggers, which are members of the arachnida class, and known for causing itchy rashes with their bites (referred to in the scientific world as trombiculosis). Chiggers feed on animal cells during their larval phase, but are harmless herbivores in adulthood.