Local chigger information

Chigger control in Tennessee

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

Chiggers in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

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 Tennessee: what the public record shows

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

Every 4–6 weeks with a labeled insecticide

Yard retreatment interval

UT Extension's schedule for treated yards, which sets the expectation for repeat visits through the season.

University of Tennessee Extension

Cyfluthrin 0.75% ready-to-spray or another synthetic pyrethroid

Listed yard material

The materials UT Extension names for homeowner chigger treatment in Tennessee.

University of Tennessee Extension

Mow regularly; remove weeds and brambles from fence rows

Habitat to cut back

Fence rows and bramble edges are the specific Tennessee habitat UT Extension singles out.

University of Tennessee Extension

When chiggers are busiest in Tennessee

UT Extension does not assign months to Tennessee chigger activity, but sets a 4–6 week retreatment interval for infested yards.

UT Extension pairs mowing and fence-row clearing with a synthetic pyrethroid every 4–6 weeks, plus DEET on skin and permethrin-treated footwear and socks.

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 Tennessee Extension; 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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Bartlett

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Chigger control in Tennessee

Chiggers in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

What to note

A useful next step

Chiggers in Tennessee: what the public record shows

When chiggers are busiest in Tennessee

For context, nationally

Explore Tennessee cities

Bartlett

Brentwood

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Cleveland

Collierville

Franklin

Hendersonville

Jackson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Memphis

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Smyrna

Germantown

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