Carole,
  This is one of the problems of using common names...what is a red bug, a
chigger, etc. According to Wilderness Medicine 3rd. ed. I offer the
following
 
"Mites of the family Trombiculidae are distributed worldwide.  In the
United States the most important species is Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (red
bug, chigger, harvest mite)."
 
The question that I have is whether the author of this taxon like or
dislike Alfred?
 
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
                     Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
 
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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, CAROL BOSWELL SIMPSON wrote:
 
> Are chiggers the same as red bugs?
> Carol
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