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that's why I started wearing pants as a kid. in shorts and flip flips those chiggers will eat ya alive. plus ticks. pants and boots help on that as well.I live in Florida as well and our property backs up to a swampy marshland. Surprisingly, mosquitos are not the worst pest. In order of annoyance+pain are 1)No-see-ums/Chiggers 2) Deerfly 3)Fire ants 4) Mosquitos. It's the chiggers that drive me indoors when they sense an easy meal.
now fireants I learned as a small boy to avoid their mounds. they tend to stay in their mounds areas, and I'm good with that.