I'm not in the midwest, but I'll tell you what I know...
A few weeks ago, we noticed tons of red spots on Boomer. They were all near his "privates" where there's no hair. A few days later we noticed the same thing on our older dog (but they had faded on Boomer) so we took them to the vet. He said that it's nothing to worry about, just bug bites that they can easily get from playing or lying in the grass. I'm not sure if it was chigger bites, but it wasn't anything to worry about.
A few weeks ago, we noticed tons of red spots on Boomer. They were all near his "privates" where there's no hair. A few days later we noticed the same thing on our older dog (but they had faded on Boomer) so we took them to the vet. He said that it's nothing to worry about, just bug bites that they can easily get from playing or lying in the grass. I'm not sure if it was chigger bites, but it wasn't anything to worry about.