Local chigger information

Chigger control in Florida

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

Chiggers in Florida: what to know

Around Florida

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 Florida: what the public record shows

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

One to five

Generations per year

State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.

UF/IFAS Extension

Two months to one year

Complete life cycle

State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.

UF/IFAS Extension

About 1/20 inch (1.3 mm), bright red

Nymph/adult size

State extension figure useful for explaining local timing and treatment expectations.

UF/IFAS Extension

When chiggers are busiest in Florida

Active from spring; may be active all year in South Florida.

UF/IFAS: low, damp, heavily vegetated areas with shrubs and rodents; chiggers do not transmit human disease in Florida; wildlife exclusion and pyrethroid or carbamate products listed.

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: UF/IFAS 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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Boca Raton

Tropical · suburban setting

Chigger control in Florida

Chiggers in Florida: what to know

Around Florida

What to note

A useful next step

Chiggers in Florida: what the public record shows

When chiggers are busiest in Florida

For context, nationally

Explore Florida cities

Boca Raton

Cape Coral

Clearwater

Coral Gables

Coral Springs

Davie

Fort Lauderdale

Gainesville

Hialeah

Hollywood

Jacksonville

Kissimmee

Lakeland

Melbourne

Miami

Miami Gardens

Miramar

Orlando

Palm Bay

Pembroke Pines

Pompano Beach

Port St. Lucie

St. Petersburg

Tallahassee

Tampa

West Palm Beach

Ocala

Sarasota

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