ツツガムシ

noun

chigger; harvest mite

Refers to mites of the family Trombiculidae, especially the larval stage that bites humans and animals. Often associated with tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus).

• ツツガムシに刺さされると、ツツガムシ病びょうになることがあります。

  If you are bitten by a chigger, you may get scrub typhus.

• 野の山やまに行いくときは、ツツガムシに注ちゅう意いしてください。

  When you go into the fields and mountains, be careful of chiggers.