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Doco Overboard · May 29, 2017

Every-time I get near the trees wood ticks are flying around like crazy. Never seen them so bad before. What the hell is going on? Has it been it to wet? not enough bats or birds or what. Even spraying up isn't working, good lord. I was in VA and WV last week in some hay fields and didn't see one. Anybody else seeing the same thing elsewhere or maybe its just local to where I'm at. Its nearly like a sci-fi movie from the 50's.

teratos · May 29, 2017

Doco Overboard said:
Every-time I get near the trees wood ticks are flying around like crazy. Never seen them so bad before. What the hell is going on? Has it been it to wet? not enough bats or birds or what. Even spraying up isn't working, good lord. I was in VA and WV last week in some hay fields and didn't see one. Anybody else seeing the same thing elsewhere or maybe its just local to where I'm at. Its nearly like a sci-fi movie from the 50's.

Mild weather and excellent acorn crops have led to an explosion in the tick populations. When there are lots of acorns, the population of rats, squirrels and deer increase significantly. When those populations increase, the tick populations increase as those are their primary food sources. It's going to be a record year for Lyme disease as well.

teawhy · May 29, 2017

It's been bad here in SOMD as well, though I'm not sure it's 50s sci-fi bad. Our property line is the wood line so I find one or two on my dogs or clothes most days. Luckily caught all but a few before they bit. Not sure why they are so bad this year.

Doco Overboard · May 29, 2017

Maybe not quite so Sci-fy bad but its bad. Ive been bitten more by ticks in the last week or so than I can remember for the last 20 yrs. Temps have been mild for quite a long time without a hard freeze and above average temps for the winter and they have been relatively cool so far this summer. I never had been relatively concerned about Lyme disease but then the bites have been so frequent with everybody in the area there has to be some deer ticks in the mix as well. I only used to use spray to guard against chiggers and the product I'm using doesn't work so well against the ticks so I'm going to look at a different brand. Yesterday the neighbor was mowing the fence line and he was wearing a long smock to keep them off. I don't see as many purple martin houses around like I used to anymore either and not to many shore birds cleaning up either in the evening that I notice.

DentonDog · May 29, 2017

Ticks this year are the worst we've seen around here. Even after spraying yard and applying Off, we're still bring in ticks from the yard and woods. It's gotta be in part the cool winter and wet spring. And the "tick taxis" have been passing through the yard looking for tender flowers and bush branches.

Doco Overboard · May 29, 2017

My oldest son just came by and wanted fuel for the back hoe. He's going to push some dead logs off in his woods, I said get some spray on and he laughed saying I don't get poison ivy, chiggers or bit by ticks to much. Wish I was still invincible to common sense. Watch him get bit by a snake lol.

rseymorejr · May 29, 2017

Harford County seems to be overrun by ticks too

Silverlax · May 31, 2017

I was in the Annapolis mall a few weeks ago. I went to use the restroom and saw a tick crawling from one stall to another. First time I've had to check myself for ticks for being indoors.

BossmanPJ · May 31, 2017

rseymorejr said:
Harford County seems to be overrun by ticks too

As is Cecil. My wife found two of the nano deer ticks on my daughter last night. They are so small they look like a tiny black spot of dirt.

At my place if you walk outside you are almost certain to get a tick on you. And for those that say that ticks cannot be blown in the wind, feel free to drop by. I have a very large hill behind the house and they will frequently just land on your arm or upper clothing by being blown off of the brush on the hill.

j_h_smith · May 31, 2017

Care for your dogs too. Make sure you use a very good flea and tick treatment. Dogs can also carry them into your house where you would least expect them to be found. They're just not outside anymore. They can be carried in on your clothing too.

Be careful. They are bad this year.

kgain673 · May 31, 2017

Doco Overboard said:
My oldest son just came by and wanted fuel for the back hoe. He's going to push some dead logs off in his woods, I said get some spray on and he laughed saying I don't get poison ivy, chiggers or bit by ticks to much. Wish I was still invincible to common sense. Watch him get bit by a snake lol.

Mark75H · May 31, 2017

BossmanPJ said:
As is Cecil. My wife found two of the nano deer ticks on my daughter last night. They are so small they look like a tiny black spot of dirt.

At my place if you walk outside you are almost certain to get a tick on you. And for those that say that ticks cannot be blown in the wind, feel free to drop by. I have a very large hill behind the house and they will frequently just land on your arm or upper clothing by being blown off of the brush on the hill.

The nymph stage of the deer tick is a problem with being so small. About the size of a period or dot on your monitor, very easy to overlook and as such more likely to be on you longer.

teratos · May 31, 2017

Mark75H said:
The nymph stage of the deer tick is a problem with being so small. About the size of a period or dot on your monitor, very easy to overlook and as such more likely to be on you longer.

Last year I had one under one of my toes. In that little recess where the toe meets the foot. Lucky I found it. I was with Lord Chad and naturally had my legs behind my ears and happened to look at it.

Only about 40% of people who get Lyme recall a tick bite.

Doco Overboard · May 31, 2017

I drove to VA the other day and found another one bit on to me. Ive been into the woods and lived there my whole life and never seen it so bad. So now I probably started a dog tick epidemic in Lexington.

Mark75H · Jun 1, 2017

Doco Overboard said:
I drove to VA the other day and found another one bit on to me. Ive been into the woods and lived there my whole life and never seen it so bad. So now I probably started a dog tick epidemic in Lexington.

A couple years back I visited a friend in Bloxom and had about 50 on me when I went inside. There were about 25 on my feet alone. Had shoes and socks on, they crawled thru the fabric of the socks.

Doco Overboard · Jun 1, 2017

Somebody told me today to use a lint brush to catch the ones on your clothing that you can see but I do not see myself doing that anytime soon. Ill just change my clothing and have the old girl nuke them with bleach in the wash, if that will kill them I don't know. Its a damn plague of ticks.

Mark75H · Jun 1, 2017

Doco Overboard said:
Somebody told me today to use a lint brush to catch the ones on your clothing that you can see

I'd make a note to stop listening to that person. About the dumbest thing I've heard about ticks.

Doco Overboard · Jun 1, 2017

Let me rephrase that, the individual let me know that he had read about it being discussed elsewhere, but I still bet he would try it when no one was around.

Sticky · Jun 2, 2017

teratos said:
Mild weather and excellent acorn crops have led to an explosion in the tick populations. When there are lots of acorns, the population of rats, squirrels and deer increase significantly. When those populations increase, the tick populations increase as those are their primary food sources. It's going to be a record year for Lyme disease as well.

This... it's bad this year for sure, both ticks and chiggers..

BossmanPJ · Jun 2, 2017

teratos said:
Last year I had one under one of my toes. In that little recess where the toe meets the foot. Lucky I found it. I was with Lord Chad and naturally had my legs behind my ears and happened to look at it.

Only about 40% of people who get Lyme recall a tick bite.

I'm not positive.... but that sounded dirty.

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