30C?? It never even reached 30 this summer here!!Yall are really getting cold temps! When I said cold I meant dropping below 30°C
You'd freeze to death here come January when it's -20C and you have to shovel a foot of snow to get the birds fed and watered. 
Chiggers are everywhere, they are in all 50 states but are more prevalent in the southern states and plains. Awful things that are invisible, they itch worst than 10 skeeter bites!It's supposed to be in the 80s in my part of Michigan this coming week which means more mosquitoes! It doesn't help that my property has a big (green) pond and is surrounded by woods - mosquito heaven up in here!! I told my husband we need more chickens just for mosquito control.
Oof to fleas! Fleas are worse than mosquitoes in my book. I don't know if we have chiggers around here... @Sally PB do we have chiggers in MI??
And the dog had a horrible time with fleas this year, worst year ever! Thankfully I think the 37°F killed the dang things the other night!
You'd know if you were bitten, they itch SO SO bad!!
I visited the St. John in the Virgin Islands several years ago, and I was bitten by "sand fleas" (maybe chigger-like?) on my feet - the itch was like nothing I'd ever experienced - I physically could not stop scratching, and I had scars on the tops of my feet for weeks!
If chiggers are anything like sand fleas, I hope I never experience their wrath!
Sand fleas are very similar to chiggers, they say its hard to tell the difference in the itch, both very intense. You can only tell the difference by looks of the bite. *Note to self* Never travel to St. John in the Virgin Islands.I visited the St. John in the Virgin Islands several years ago, and I was bitten by "sand fleas" (maybe chigger-like?) on my feet - the itch was like nothing I'd ever experienced - I physically could not stop scratching, and I had scars on the tops of my feet for weeks!
Thankfully we don't have ticks out here either, ticks creep me out!
St. John is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen, but the sand fleas about ruined it for me!Sand fleas are very similar to chiggers, they say its hard to tell the difference in the itch, both very intense. You can only tell the difference by looks of the bite. *Note to self* Never travel to St. John in the Virgin Islands.
Omg.... the ticks this year were also soooo bad! That was earlier in the summer. My property is a breeding ground for all the awful buggers!Thankfully we don't have ticks out here either, ticks creep me out!
I've yet to be bitten, thank god,, but my dad is a magnet for themThankfully we don't have ticks out here either, ticks creep me out!
