Around Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Chiggers in Pennsylvania: 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 Pennsylvania: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which chiggers actually live in Pennsylvania, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
More common in southern states
Regional status
Penn State Extension states chigger mites are more common in the southern states, especially during the warmer months of the year.
Penn State ExtensionWalking through high grass and weeds
How you pick them up
Penn State Extension notes chiggers are acquired when people walk through high grass and weeds, which makes unmowed edges the risk zone.
Penn State ExtensionChiggers do not live in structures or buildings
Indoor infestation
Penn State Extension is explicit that chiggers do not live in structures or buildings, so treating the inside of a home is not the answer.
Penn State ExtensionWhen chiggers are busiest in Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension describes chigger mites as more common in the southern states, especially during the warmer months of the year.
Penn State Extension says chiggers are picked up walking through high grass and weeds and never live indoors; DEET is listed as an effective repellent against them.
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: Penn State Extension; University of Missouri Extension; Ohio State University Extension (Ohioline). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
