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Chigger control in New Jersey

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Chiggers in New Jersey: what to know

Around New Jersey

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 New Jersey: what the public record shows

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

77 to 86 degrees F

Ground temperature trigger

Rutgers Cooperative Extension reports chiggers become active when ground temperatures reach 77 to 86 degrees, which in New Jersey means the hot stretch of summer.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County (NJAES)

Low-lying moist places

Where they are found

Rutgers notes chiggers are most often found in low lying moist places, so damp shaded ground is the part of a New Jersey yard to watch.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County (NJAES)

Take a warm bath or shower immediately

After exposure

Rutgers advises that if you think you have been exposed, the best course of action is to immediately take a warm bath or shower.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County (NJAES)

When chiggers are busiest in New Jersey

Rutgers Cooperative Extension ties chigger activity to hot weather, stating chiggers need ground temperatures of 77 to 86 degrees.

Rutgers advises an immediate warm bath or shower after suspected exposure, and points to low-lying moist ground as the likeliest place to pick chiggers up.

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: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County (NJAES); 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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Chigger control in New Jersey

Chiggers in New Jersey: what to know

Around New Jersey

What to note

A useful next step

Chiggers in New Jersey: what the public record shows

When chiggers are busiest in New Jersey

For context, nationally

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