Around Missouri
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local chigger information
Chigger control in Missouri
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Chiggers in Missouri: what to know
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 Missouri: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which chiggers actually live in Missouri, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
May through first killing frost
Active season
State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.
University of Missouri ExtensionTwo to three
Generations per year
State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.
University of Missouri ExtensionLate April through mid-June
Recommended area-treatment window
State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.
University of Missouri ExtensionWhen chiggers are busiest in Missouri
May through first killing frost; eggs laid on the first warm days of spring; adults overwinter in soil.
Missouri Extension recommends mowing, removing shrubs and weeds, DEET/picaridin/sulfur on clothing, permethrin-treated clothing, and showering within 1–2 hours.
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: 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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