Oh crap don’t say chiggers! I remember getting those as a kid while playing baseball in a field with high grass in places. The ball would get his in there and we would go in and get it. Damn did I scratch and hurt!!! Thank God Mom finally ran a hot-hot bath and threw the Epsom salt to it, relief!!!
As a child, we found applying clear nail polish to the bite would help to kill the little bugger. The bite still was annoying. In later years, a hot hot HOT! shower would help with the itching - for a short time. Then a second hot shower. The sad fact is one cannot see them, only feel them when they bite. At least with ticks you have a chance of finding them before they can do damage. That shower on those bites....almost orgasmic. The nerves have been moved to outside the skin and bare for any stimulation. The little red critters flock and rove until they come to a barrier (ie: a waistband or belt or the elastic on a sock). Scores of bites in these areas. They seem to enjoy the taste of tender spots. Applying sulphur has been suggested to avoid them. Apply around your ankles to bar them from roaming higher up your body. In a few weeks, the temps really climb, they then cannot be found. Dead or migrating, they are no longer around to torment.