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Chigger control in Louisiana

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Chiggers in Louisiana: what to know

Around Louisiana

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see chiggers, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Chiggers in Louisiana: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which chiggers actually live in Louisiana, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Chiggers (redbugs)

Local name

LSU AgCenter's statewide pest guide lists the pest under the lawn section as "Chiggers (redbugs)," the name most Louisiana residents use.

LSU AgCenter

Transport, Suspend SC, Battle, malathion 57% EC

Labeled lawn treatments

For a Louisiana lawn, LSU AgCenter lists malathion (57% EC) at 1 tablespoon per 1,000 square feet and Suspend SC at 0.4-0.6 fl oz per 1,000 square feet among the labeled chigger products.

LSU AgCenter

"Treat entire yard to get complete control"

Treat the whole yard

LSU AgCenter's chigger remark warns that spot-treating one patch of a Louisiana yard will not solve the problem.

LSU AgCenter

When chiggers are busiest in Louisiana

LSU AgCenter's guide does not state chigger months for Louisiana; it lists chiggers only among lawn pests treated during the growing season.

LSU AgCenter treats chiggers as a lawn-treatment problem, listing bifenthrin, deltamethrin and malathion products applied by square footage, with the remark that the entire yard must be treated.

For context, nationally

Trombicula (Eutrombicula) alfreddugesi — Most common U.S. chigger species. University of Missouri Extension
About 1/150 inch (0.15–0.3 mm) — Larval size. Ohio State University Extension (Ohioline)

Sources: LSU AgCenter; University of Missouri Extension; Ohio State University Extension (Ohioline). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Alexandria

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Chigger control in Louisiana

Chiggers in Louisiana: what to know

Around Louisiana

What to note

A useful next step

Chiggers in Louisiana: what the public record shows

When chiggers are busiest in Louisiana

For context, nationally

Explore Louisiana cities

Alexandria

Baton Rouge

Bossier City

Hammond

Houma

Kenner

Lafayette

Lake Charles

Monroe

New Iberia

New Orleans

Ruston

Shreveport

Slidell

Gretna

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