1. Also called chigger, sand flea Tunga penetrans, family Tungidae ‘He's blasé about all the usual stuff - typhoid fever, malaria, Chigoes, bots, scabies, and leeches.’

2. Chigoe (plural Chigoes) A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores

3. It is sometimes also called jigger, jigger flea, or, improperly, chigger, although a chigger is a mite, a different kind of animal pest. Chigoes are smaller than common fleas but otherwise resemble them.

4. Chigoes, or sand fleas, remain concealed beneath the sand until some unfortunate animal wanders past.The Chigoe leaps an incredible distance to attach itself to the victim’s body, and then burrows under the skin to feed.