Tags: Arachnid.
Trombicula alfreddugesi also called Eutrombicula alfreddugè is a species in the genus Trombicula. (Eutrombicula is a subgenus of mites in Trombicula of the family Trombiculidae.)It is the common chigger species of the United States also sometimes called the harvest mite. Chiggers are the parasitic larval stages of these free-living mites. It is rarely if ever seen by most people in the dry Western states because they prefer humid climates.
