"Chigger larvae do not burrow into the skin, nor suck blood. They pierce the skin and inject into the host a salivary secretion containing powerful, digestive enzymes that break down skin cells that are ingested (tissues become liquified and sucked up). Also, this digestive fluid causes surrounding tissues to harden, forming a straw-like feeding tube of hardened flesh (stylostome) from which further partially digested skin cells may be sucked out... Their bites produce small reddish welts on the skin accompanied by intense itching as irritating as acute cases of poison ivy or poison sumac."

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I think these are from fire ants in South Carolina.

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