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Chigger control in Alabama

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

Chiggers in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

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 Alabama: what the public record shows

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

Ground temperature between 77 and 86°F

Peak activity temperature

Alabama Extension ties chigger pressure to ground temperature rather than the calendar.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Inactive below 60°F or above 99°F surface temperature

Inactivity thresholds

The upper limit explains the mid-summer lull people notice in the hottest, driest weeks.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Less than 0.4 mm in diameter

Larval size

Alabama Extension notes larvae have three pairs of legs while nymphs and adults have four.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

When chiggers are busiest in Alabama

Larval chiggers are present from spring into summer, peaking when ground temperature is 77–86°F and going quiet below 60°F or above 99°F.

Alabama Extension calls clearing breeding sites the best solution: cut shrubs, remove brush, mow short, prune trees, and apply EPA-approved repellents to clothing at ankles, waist and arms.

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: Alabama Cooperative Extension System; 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 Alabama

Chiggers in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

What to note

A useful next step

Chiggers in Alabama: what the public record shows

When chiggers are busiest in Alabama

For context, nationally

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