NOUN | animal | redbug, harvest mite, chigger, jigger | larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation |
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Meaning | larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation. | |
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Synonyms | harvest mite, chigger, jigger | |
Member of | Trombicula, genus Trombicula | type genus of the family Trombiculidae |
Broader | trombiculid | mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages / stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial / terrestrial vertebrates |
Spanish | ácaro de la cosecha, ácaros de la cosecha, redbug | |
Catalan | redbug |
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