{"id":9113,"date":"2022-09-22T08:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9113"},"modified":"2022-09-22T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:48:59","slug":"dogs-dog-fennel-longleaf-beggarticks-chiggers-2022-09-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/dogs-dog-fennel-longleaf-beggarticks-chiggers-2022-09-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Dogs, dog fennel, longleaf, beggarticks, chiggers 2022-09-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAh, fall flowers, dogs frolicking in the dog fennel, and mysterious molds,\r\nall on a morning walk.\r\n<p>\r\nAnd chiggers.\r\nMost likely <em>Trombicula alfreddugesi<\/em>, aka <em>Eutrombicula alfreddugesi<\/em>,\r\nin the genus <em>Trombicula<\/em>, family Trombiculidae.\r\n<p>\r\nWhichever species of arachnids, cousins of ticks and spiders, these ones will make you itch for days.\r\nThey can raise red welts and send you to the doctor seeking steroids.\r\nYou don&#8217;t want to see pictures of that.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Common sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale\" name=\"Choo:Common-sneezeweed-Helenium-autumnale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084342.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084342.jpg\"  alt=\"[Common sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084342.html\">Common sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale<\/a>\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"Driveway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Driveway\">Driveway<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Sand pebbles\" name=\"Driveway:Sand-pebbles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081841.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081841.jpg\"  alt=\"[Sand pebbles]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081841.html\">Sand pebbles<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Stick\">Stick<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Blondie with a stick\" name=\"Stick:Blondie-with-a-stick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081854.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081854.jpg\"  alt=\"[Blondie with a stick]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081854.html\">Blondie with a stick<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"My stick!\" name=\"Stick:My-stick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081857.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/small\/20220918_081857.jpg\"  alt=\"[My stick!]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081857.html\">My stick!<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Got it\" name=\"Stick:Got-it\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081900.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/small\/20220918_081900.jpg\"  alt=\"[Got it]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_081900.html\">Got it<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Morning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Morning\">Morning<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Dogs, dog fennel, longleaf, sun: Honeybun and Arrow\" name=\"Morning:Dogs-dog-fennel-longleaf-sun-Honeybun-and-Arrow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083234.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083234.jpg\"  alt=\"[Dogs, dog fennel, longleaf, sun: Honeybun and Arrow]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083234.html\">Dogs, dog fennel, longleaf, sun: Honeybun and Arrow<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"MM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#MM\">MM<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Mysterious mold\" name=\"MM:Mysterious-mold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083630.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083630.jpg\"  alt=\"[Mysterious mold]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083630.html\">Mysterious mold<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Mold on century plant\" name=\"MM:Mold-on-century-plant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083638.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/small\/20220918_083638.jpg\"  alt=\"[Mold on century plant]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_083638.html\">Mold on century plant<\/a>, <em>Agave americana<\/em>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Whatsit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Whatsit\">Whatsit<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"What is that flower?\" name=\"Whatsit:What-is-that-flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084002.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084002.jpg\"  alt=\"[What is that flower?]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084002.html\">What is that flower?<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"I dunno\" name=\"Whatsit:I-dunno\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084009.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/small\/20220918_084009.jpg\"  alt=\"[I dunno]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084009.html\">I dunno<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Purple\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Purple\">Purple<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"How about this purple flower?\" name=\"Purple:How-about-this-purple-flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084756.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084756.jpg\"  alt=\"[How about this purple flower?]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084756.html\">How about this purple flower?<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Longleaf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#Longleaf\">Longleaf<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris\" name=\"Longleaf:Longleaf-pine-Pinus-palustris\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084932.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084932.jpg\"  alt=\"[Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_084932.html\">Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"FP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/#FP\">FP<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Here there be chiggers\" name=\"FP:Here-there-be-chiggers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_183026.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_183026.jpg\"  alt=\"[Here there be chiggers]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2022-09-18--dirt-dogs-plants-fire-pit\/20220918_183026.html\">Here there be chiggers<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ah, fall flowers, dogs frolicking in the dog fennel, and mysterious molds, all on a morning walk. And chiggers. Most likely Trombicula alfreddugesi, aka Eutrombicula alfreddugesi, in the genus Trombicula, family Trombiculidae. Whichever species of arachnids, cousins of ticks and spiders, these ones will make you itch for days. 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