they're actual bugs just with a funny name
they're very very small, and red. they live on certain weeds and when you walk through those weeds they attach to you and itch like hell. ive never had them because i avoid walking through weeds.
in kentucky walking through weeds means very bad shit. its almost never good. it always ends with poison ivy, snake bites, or chiggers, lol. or steppin on some farm guy's pot plant and getting your ass shot off.