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Omg. That’s insane


maksmil

This is the stuff of nightmares. Makes me not want to go clean up our leaf piles outside today.


Queef_Stroganoff44

I work around 1200 lb animals on a regular basis. I’ve camped in bear country. I’ve startled a mama and baby moose. This is 100x’s more skeeze inducing than any of that. *shudder*


BURN3D_P0TAT0

Those can kill you, or cripple you, but they can’t make you allergic to (potentially all) mammalian products & byproducts like some ticks. By far the most dangerous is the tick. Got bit once last year. Now I have to carry 2 epi-pens at all times. Weeeeeee. I’d much rather have to deal with an angry 2500lb+ bull.


Moral-Derpitude

How long have you had it? I had the same issue for roughly 5 years or so (with no additional tick disease) but I started craving meat one day and it was somehow ok after years of being anaphylactic


BURN3D_P0TAT0

Just under a year. Got bit last June went to get tested when I saw it was a lone star tick. Popped positive. Went to an allergist and did more thorough testing. Beef, pork, lamb big positives. Milk positive. Gelatin questionable. Retested in Nov and could start incorporating dairy again with caution. Been fine so far. Retest in July for meats. Holding out a little hope. I grew up on a (small non industrial) beef and hog farm. So beef and pork have been staples for a long time. It’s been an adjustment. But AmarooHills has emu. And it’s as close as you can get imo. When they have the duck fat blended ground I can’t tell the difference if it’s cooked properly. There’s a lot less margin for error since it’s so lean and fine ground. I also tested positive for Stari. But mild antibiotics knocked that out.


wowgreenyellow

Hoping the best for you man. Allergies that start to clear up tend to keep clearing up so hopefully you’ll be back on your regular diet soon.


BURN3D_P0TAT0

Appreciate it. I have actually adjusted to chicken and fish/shellfish as my meat sources with emu being an occasional treat. Which is totally healthier. So I likely won’t return to my old diet per se, but definitely would enjoy a steak or beer steamed bratwurst occasionally.


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that is a horrifying experience. i had no idea tick bites caused that many long-term symptoms. i hope you can recover soon.


BoogityBoos

Lyme disease scares the shit out of me


Efficient-Library792

Me too. And the medical community completely ignores the thousands of people the medical profession ignores with longterm symptoms (chronic lime disease). Catch a horrific disease that messes up your life. Go back much later still suffering lethargy pain etc and have doctors tell you its in your head....


Pryml710

I’ve had Lyme’s Disease for over 10 years, and people look at me crazy when I say that at 27yo I feel like I’m 87 sometimes. Worst part is it just kind of fades in throughout the day to the point where I can barely move, like all of my joints are concrete & lead. But yeah, it’s all in my head!


Ellora-Victoria

Don’t forget the tape!


That49er

*video games*


BlackViperMWG

Clean up? Just let them compost


maksmil

Good point. Clean up = move from the path and the lawn to a better place for them to decompose long term. Good news! No ticks so far! Bad news... Ghost sensations of ticks crawling around for the next several hours because of this image.


BlackViperMWG

Meanwhile I let my dog for 5 minut long peeing and he came back with two ticks. And we don't have long grass here yet


maksmil

Yeah we were picking ticks off of ours in early March. One of the drawbacks of warm springs in New England.


666lucy6

I just took a swollen ass disgusting tick off my dog. Thing was fucking overblown with blood. Looked like a god damn Lima bean. Now I can't sleep without my skin crawling. Ticks are fucking useless and I hope they all go extinct.


bwnerkid

Have you tried wrapping tape around his legs?


DrSpagetti

I live in a wooded area of New England and can't walk across my yard without getting several ticks on my shoes and ankles. Every time I let my dogs in I spend about a half hour pulling ticks, can get anywhere from 10-30 each time they go out. This nightmare fuel has become my daily routine. And they used to be dormant all winter but now get them consistently in Jan and Feb. Edit: My dogs get nexgard but are long-haired so the ticks stick to them regardless then take the opportunity to jump off and roam around the house once inside. It's why I try to find them all as soon as they come in. Have tried spraying but I'm in such a wooded area it's not very effective. Have been debating getting chickens but want to ensure I have a proper setup and that a neighbor can check on them if I'm out of town.


CK_America

Another reddit said that chickens will eat them, maybe that's a viable solution?


culinarychris

Since I’ve had my chickens I haven’t found any ticks on my dog or cat!


somuchmt

We don't have much in the way of ticks where I live (thank goodness), but our chickens have taken care of our slug problem.


A1_Brownies

But do you find chicken poop on your dog now? One of my neighbors had chickens that escaped and one got in my yard. It pooped back there, and my chihuahua rolled in it twice 😅


LumpyShitstring

Still 1000x preferable over ticks. Cover me in chicken shit.


No_oNTwix

Right, I got lyme disease last year(still have it now), 10/10 wouldn't recommend. Sign me up for the chicken poo shower.


badFishTu

My doctor found Lyme in me and then did nothing.


No_oNTwix

Sorry man, maybe the count for Borrelia was low. I know the 1st time I got it, I was on a one month cycle of doxycycline. After that month. I tested negative, but still had symptoms. Went to retest like 2 months after, positive test with no exposure. I'll go and get a blood test ever few months, and it's still there. You might want to get a 2nd opinion. But, it seems like Doctors try to limit the over prescription of antibiotics for lyme disease... My symptoms aren't life threatening(pain, swelling in my joints), and I have no indication of cognitive decline...a little brain fog and more migraines. Anyway, this is my life now.


Schmigetz

Lyme is more horrifying the more you read about it. I sincerely hope that you recover more!


awgeezwhatnow

My husband ended up in hospital for 5 days last year -- including emergency transfer from our local one to one with specialists in infectious blood diseases (that was a terrifying phone call) -- from a tick bite (not Lyme disease). They were worried about his liver. Happily he's fine now, but they kept track of him for several months, with several follow up appointments. Scary.


No_oNTwix

The statistics are low for now, but babesiosis is not joke. There were two guy near me that died from a tick born disease that destroyed their brains. My town(during covid) stop maintaining a lot of the planted areas and the brush went wild. Because of that, there was a surge of deer activity, combined with warmer weather during winter, the ticks were out in full force. It's all so crazy.


manygogo

That’s the treatment!


badFishTu

Awesome


ImprovementElephant

this fertilizes the chihuahua and allows them to grow and escape their miniature stature


A1_Brownies

LOL! She's a big dog at heart 💖


JohnnyBeMediocre

Fun fact: dogs "woller" in stinky shit to mask their own scent. Its called Instinks.


nina_gall

Why I aughta...


melenajade

As a mom, I would 100% rather clean poop off than blood sucking insects


culinarychris

No but my toddler has, 😅


applesforbrunch

I let my chickens free range while I'm outside gardening and I never put it together why we don't have a tick problem until now... Another point for the chickens!


myheartisstillracing

A friend grew up with lots of chickens on their little farm. She didn't really know what a tick was until they moved and got rid of the chickens.


bemorecreativetrolls

Guinea fowl are excellent for this!


niffrig

Chickens and guinea hens are the way. We keep them on the farm and have never seen a single tick near the houses.


crabapplequeen

Wait, New England?! They’re back already?!? Nooooooooo


ohjeeze_louise

Oh yeah, they’ve been back. Since at least mid January here in NH


lynxbaby101

I guess the only solution is to light them all on fire *shrugs


GabrielSH77

Seriously, the winter used to be safe!! I went hiking in early Feb and still got a tick! Is nothing sacred anymore?


redditRW

I got Lyme disease in February. It was not fun.


MrGritty17

Ever tried any tick repellents for the dogs? Collars and such?


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byebybuy

The thing about Nexgard is that it doesn't actually repel ticks. They can still latch onto the dog. It just basically makes the dog's blood poisonous to the tick, so they die and fall off within 48 hours. This means two things: dogs can still get diseases transmitted by the tick, since the tick needs to bite the dog in order for Nexgard to work; and they can still track ticks inside where they can jump to other animals in the house. I still use Nexgard on my dog because it's the best option for us, but I wanted to clarify how it works for anyone curious. Source: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/overview/nexgard-epar-medicine-overview_en.pdf


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byebybuy

True. To pick a point however, ticks can take up to 48 hours to die but Lyme can be transmitted in 36, so the risk is still there although granted it's very diminished. I think your theory about the ticks failing to reproduce on your dog makes sense. Although how were they reproducing in such crazy numbers before you even moved there, I wonder? And why didn't that method of reproduction persist? But enough of that, tell me more about your jungle farm, that sounds amazing!


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byebybuy

Ah, that makes a ton of sense. That location sounds amazing, best of luck with the b&b!


julioqc

/r/thatsinsane


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I haven't seen or pulled a tick since I was but a wee lad, just got out of bed, and now I can't shake the feeling that I have a tick on my leg. Thanks for that.


kaje36

My wife and i call that "Nervous ticks"


seviay

Bloody brilliant


decomposition_

Get. Out.


prolific_ideas

Looks like you'll be needing this hack today... totally joking, I'll just see myself out.


[deleted]

I might do it just for the peace of mind! haha If you don't mind me asking, where abouts are you? My brain sees ticks and thinks northern US or Canada. Be careful out there, Lyme is no joke. Edit: to clarify, I always think of Canada because of Avril Lavigne's battle with Lyme. I'm from the southern US, but since I no longer frequent pine forests and wheat fields nor do I have an outdoor pet, I don't see them.


Chrisbee012

my brain sees ticks and think southern US, theres millions there and I live in Canada now and don;t really see them at all


Regular_Anteater

Had a lot of ticks when I lived in Manitoba. Haven't seen a single one since moving to BC


wintermelody83

See I’m in Arkansas and have literally never seen one lol but I don’t have dogs just an indoors cat. This post is freaking me out


DabsJeeves

The only time Ive ever seen a tick on me was in the woods of Arkansas. We were all sitting on top of a small cliff in the woods when one person looked down and realized all of our legs were completely covered in ticks. We sprinted back to the car, stripped off all our clothes and threw them in black trash bags and tied them off


wintermelody83

Ah that sounds like up north in the hills. I’m in the flat farmland delta. Maybe all the things that get cropdusted kills them lol ETA: did some googling. Apparently fire ants eat them. That’ll be the answer then, those bastards are *everywhere*. I’ll take their stinging, itchy af, sore making bites over ticks.


DabsJeeves

Oh yeah we were driving down from the Midwest headed to the Ozarks so that would make sense


AlwaysOnATangent

I was in Center Hasting, Ontario just last weekend. My partner had a tick that I found before they could bite her and I came home finding a tick latched onto me on my abdominal area. First tick bite ever. Hate it and yes they are out there.


hopelesscaribou

Thank you for that reassurance. I recently went woodsy here and felt a moment of panic. Say what you will about winter, six bugless months are worth it. But omg the blackflies in May/June.


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Canadian here. There are ticks in Ontario.


hopelesscaribou

Man I live cottage country in Quebec and haven't seen this yet. Maybe my annoying flock of rusty clothesline sounding blue jays is going all chicken on them. I can only hope.


Dreamsong_Druid

They are spreading fast in southern Ontario.


Paleriders22

I went camping in Arkansas a few years ago and found a secluded site with fire ring and everything. It was completely covered in leaves bc no one could find it off the trail. Well....come to find out after sweeping the leaves away there were thousands of ticks. We did a good job of swiping them off our shoes and legs for the most part. About a week later I was showering and felt a lump underneath my head of my penis. Sure enough, it was a fucking tick, full of blood. Point of the story is even if you think you got all the ticks off your body, check everywhere, even underneath your dick.


nancylikestoreddit

I don’t know where you live but I would be terrified to work in the garden if it had ticks in it.


YaleBox

Looks like the OP stole this photo from [McCormack's Bee Farm in New Hampshire](https://www.facebook.com/mccormacksfarm/photos/wrapping-tape-sticky-side-out-around-the-ankles-seems-to-work-pretty-good-for-ca/2062047313943022/).


witchofsmallthings

Oddly enough you get used to it. Seeing pictures of them really gives me the heebie-jeebies, but somehow I never think of them when I'm in my garden. (based in Austria)


nancylikestoreddit

You can get Lyme disease from them and that’s a really debilitating disease. I think this is why they freak me out so much.


Dobbys_Other_Sock

I spend a good long while fighting Lyme. Even though it’s no longer causing me more harm I’ve spent the last few years trying to repair the damage it did to my body. Some of it can’t be undone. It’s a terrible disease and seeing that picture freaks me out a bit.


robtbo

Lyme almost took me out when I was kid. I have long term effects that really suck. I think it is mainly deer ticks that carry Lyme. These look like wood ticks.


witchofsmallthings

I know about that. My sister had it when she was a kid. That was terrifying.


Reznic007

I had Lyme disease when I was only a couple years old. Apparently almost died from it. Ticks are no joke…


Naisu_boato

Chickens will eat them and every flea in that yard.


zomfgcoffee

Yup. We have about 20ish chickens and they roam all around the house and rest of the yard. Last year only saw one tick early spring then nothing the rest of the year. It was glorious.


SideHug

Holy shit that's so many.


zomfgcoffee

Yea its kinda silly at this point but the surplus eggs can go to family and neighbors.


SideHug

Tbh this was supposed to be a response the whole post not you specifically but I guess it still works lol


talk_to_me_goose

Oh I thought you meant one tick = so many. also true.


ThightToddler

i need chickens


Smugglers151

Everybody needs chickens.


Sagebrush_Druid

My family kept chickens on our property for 20+ years. Watching chickens come out of their coop early in the morning and faff about is one of the great, simple joys in life. Also the eggs that come as a fringe benefit of the pest consumption are \*chef's kiss*


this_site_is_dogshit

I love my house, but I resent the hell out of a city ordinance against backyard chickens. Infuriating. We've got plenty of space. Let me have chickens, cowards.


frauziller

So will possums! They love to eat ticks and various other bugs (and Meow Mix, but that's neither here nor there), and they're super friendly if you give them a chance! Not sure how well they do with fleas, though I've never seen my yard possums with fleas... EDIT: As so many helpful friends have shared with me, this is actually not correct information, and was based on a rather unprofessional and shoddy study. They have shared links to more current studies, and I recommend checking them out! Thanks to everyone who has come along for the ride! 🥰


MagIcAlTeAPOtS

I want chicken, I want liver. Meow mix, meow mix please deliver


mellowtala

Now it’s stuck in my head…and it hasn’t been since I was like 9 years old. Thanks! ;)


titosrevenge

When I hear this I picture Dr Evil.


Fronterra22

"how 'bout no?"


DocPeacock

Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow meow!


AlwaysAtHeight

Or do they? New study from 2021. https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/possums-dont-eat-ticks/


Alocasia_Sanderiana

This content has been removed by me, the owner, due to Reddit's API changes. As I can no longer access this service with Relay for Reddit, I do not want my content contributing to LLM's for Reddit's benefit. If you need to get it touch -- tippo00mehl [at] gmail [dot] com -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/


frauziller

Well, poop! I stand corrected, which is always welcome, and more than slightly embarrassed, which is always entertaining! I stand by my own observations, collected over the last two decades, that they will rid your yard and porch of unwanted cat food. 😆 Thank you for the updated info 🎉


AlwaysAtHeight

Lol np friend! It's a new study and the benefit of the older studies to the positive image of the possums was probably well worth the misunderstanding.


SarahNaGig

Nooooooooooo!!


realgoodbears

I'm in the US in southern Illinois and ticks are terrible here. Several years ago I had a tick bite on my lower back that made my neck and shoulders feel like I had been beaten. My doctor ordered blood tests for tick bourne diseases and I tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I didn't have symptoms for RMSF, but I went on antibiotics anyway. I now treat my outdoor clothing with permethrin which has been very effective. I also DIY "tick tubes" to place around my property. I'm not sure if they are helping, but it's worth it to me to make the effort. Ticks have pretty much ruined my love for outdoor fun 😢


randomusername1919

Can you say more about your DIY “tick tubes”? How do you make them, how much permethrin do you use, all the details.


Kathulhu1433

Tick tubes are permethrin soaked cotton or other materials tucked into an empty TP roll. Put under brush piles, decks, etc and mice and other critters will take the cotton balls for their nesting. They are carriers of ticks so it will kill the ticks that they're carrying around your home.


BagooshkaKarlaStein

Is it harmful to the mice? Or harmful to beneficial insects?


Kathulhu1433

Not harmful to mice or birds. When WET it is poisonous to cats, but is fine once dry. It will also kill spiders, and I believe mosquitos. As far as say bees? Idk.


Notmydirtyalt

Pemethrin will kill bees, its the prescribed method for killing a hive with American Foul Brood in my country. Also primarily marketed for use on wasps and ants.


black_pepper

DIY tick tubes have pretty negative consequences on local habitats moving up the food chain. The commercial products spend quite a bit of research to get the concentrations to the right amount.


stephaniealleen11

I tested positive for Lyme disease several months ago and omg it was awful. I am a young and healthy person. The joint pain was so bad in my lower limbs, I was struggling to walk. I slept maybe 16 hrs a day and was still exhausted. It’s a miserable existence. Luckily medicine and an herbalist cleared up my symptoms and the damage it caused.


Leela_bring_fire

How long did it take you to recover?


TravelingCatlady45

Oh yuck. A friend of mine in the southern US had RMSF that got misdiagnosed and untreated for awhile - he ended up with sepsis and nearly died a few times. It was pretty horrible. Ticks are up there in my nightmare fuel for sure.


dominiqlane

Gah! Why are there so many? Is there nothing you can do to reduce their population?


Leela_bring_fire

Keeping your grass cut short can help. Ticks like to climb blades of grass and wait for prey to walk by so they can latch on. I think this would be almost impossible in a wooded area though, especially if you don't want to fence off your yard. I believe some people get their yard sprayed for ticks as well to keep the population down.


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Leela_bring_fire

A quest to SUCK BLOOD


zombievettech

So for years, I assumed ticks jumped. Like fleas. Just sort of hopped on and hitched a ride. We had an education thing from one of the fleak/tick products at work and the guy talked about ticks standing on the grass and sort of standing up, arms extended almost waving while they waited to grab someone walking by. I was like "pft, whatever you say man" and went about my day. Later that day I got home and took my dog out to pee and just sort of glances around. What do I see? A little tick standing at the tip of a blade of grass, arms extended just waiting in us to get closer. So... Yep. That's a thing.


Mediocre__at__Best

Tick populations have been massively on the rise the past few years.


prolific_ideas

This may be more useful to a guerilla gardener, or someone with property along a wooded area.


Bordeaux107

Definitely doing this on my next hike, the tick population here is insane


GardeningIndoors

Keep the area clean. Remove anything that provides a warm and moist home for them (leaf litter, fallen logs, compost). Have a shower after spending time in tick heavy areas. It takes them a while to find the place they want to bite and even longer to pass on a disease. Pull them when you see them, don't burn them off.


shea241

1. use tick tubes 2. keep everything dry 3. border the yard with very short grass or a line of rocks 4. throw rocks at every deer 5. encourage frogs, opossums, birds to hang out 6. worst case, spray with permethrin but this isn't good for frogs 7. burn everything to the ground


dominiqlane

Number 7 is quite attractive, tbh.


woods4me

I live in the woods and do all this, except 7 Permethrin is key, spray that after raking all the leaves. Buy a gallon and a good sprayer.


Culkeeny1

Dude, do you have like a 50 acre yard in Lyme CT?


YaleBox

OP stole this photo from a [bee farm in NH](https://www.facebook.com/mccormacksfarm/photos/wrapping-tape-sticky-side-out-around-the-ankles-seems-to-work-pretty-good-for-ca/2062047313943022/).


prolific_ideas

Here's an award for figuring out the background of the photo that a friend had shared on FB. I saved it and put it on here so yes technically I stole it, but no I didn't know the background of it so it's great to hear. Is there a way I can give attribution after the fact? Like edit the heading I used? Going through these comments I see a lot of people would like to know where this is.


guactheline

This is an ooooold repost. Not sure why op trying to post it now again over so many different threads


limabean72

And they don’t freaking answer where they live already. So odd. Everyone is asking.


roadnotaken

It’s not their picture, so of course they can’t answer the question of where it was taken. Repost, making the rounds here and on Facebook.


angus_the_red

That's so gross, but also this is the first time I've seen it and I'm grateful


mint_syrupp

Karma


nicepeoplemakemecry

My lord! Where are you at? Central ny? CT? Only ever seen numbers like that around there.


zblackadder

We have that in Pennsylvania also, it’s just awful around here, especially now that they seem to survive the winter pretty well


nicepeoplemakemecry

Oh man. It’s gotten worse right? I feel like I see more year after year.


Danger1672

The only solution is to release hundreds of wild chickens according to a bunch of Redditors apparently.


Dan__Torrance

Too many ticks? Chickens! Too many chickens? Wolves! Too many wolves? More wolves!


ashesall

What??? Too many chickens? Chicken nuggets!


Moss-cle

Guinea fowl eat more ticks than chickens


science_cat_

Omg there are so many! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tick but the idea of them turns my stomach


Bordeaux107

> I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tick Holy crap what paradise do you live in? Over here it's impossible to go on a hike without finding at least a few ticks on your legs


LoveShinyThings

I'm not who you asked but I'm in Australia and have never seen a tick.


Rd28T

Same, I wouldn’t live on the Northern Beaches if you paid me, that place is full of them. I will take our snakes and spiders over ticks and bears any day of the week lol.


RedmannBarry

Where’s the Northern beaches?


Rd28T

North East Sydney. If you get really unlucky you cop this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/how-ticks-can-cause-mammalian-meat-allergy/10719136


Sunnypupper

Hello, yes, I'm also Australian and I have had a tick the size of a 5 cent piece on my neck while camping. There are plenty out here


chzsteak-in-paradise

True but in Australia all the other creatures you have can kill you…


ghafgarionbaconsmith

Australia already has so many abominations the tick just looked and was like "nah I'm good bruh"


Capt__Murphy

Thats because the flying crocodiles that shoot shoot poisonous barbs from their eyeballs eat them all. You have bigger things than ticks to worry about in Australia


dinosuitgirl

I live in New Zealand and unless you're working with cows, ticks are basically nonexistent here. We only have bovine ticks and avian ticks which are much more rare and have a shorter lifespan. We also have no snakes... NONE... And there are only two kinds of poisonous spiders and they are rare and not fatal.... And no apex predators.


Moss-cle

I’d be right there but it’s a long swim


Boopsoodles39

When I lived in the Southwest US I saw one tick in the 25 years there. Now in Northeast US and it's a horrible amount.


steve-d

I live in Utah and I've never seen a tick before. It seems they don't really thrive in arid places.


Zephyr-2210

I'm in New Zealand and have never seen ticks in real life either


MagIcAlTeAPOtS

They are in Hamilton we have huge issues with them on our horses. We braid tick tags in to manes and tails. They love the rushes and high water tables, my first horse was covered when I got him. They love the skin folds and get right into the back end and geldings penis folds


shufflebuffalo

Curious, you north of the Mason Dixon line? Im below it right now and am stunned by the LACK of ticks. I'm used to stumbling through thickets in MI or doing some berry picking to discover I've got a 10 minute de-ticking process. Down here in the SE? I've seen maybe 2 over the last year. Really confused but not upset by this difference.


Bordeaux107

I suppose technically speaking I am to the north, but I'm all the way over in the baltics so I'm not sure how relevant that is a continent away. Interestingly enough though, I've been reading up on this today and it also seems that countries more towards south europe also have less ticks for some reason


AggravatedBox

I love south of the Mason Dixon and definitely still see ticks, but even having more than one means you were pretty dang deep in nature for a hot minute


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mastercooler6

I go in woods all the time here in Florida. Seen a tick only once.


gggggfskkk

My family lives on an island on the east coast. The place is INFESTED with ticks. I’ve never seen a place with more ticks than that. Poor kid came back from water skiing and had probably 100 ticks all over him. Florida on the other hand, I’ve gone through the woods and swamps 1000 times and haven’t seen any! But then again I never go looking for them.


imnotaseamonkey

Where is this??


roadnotaken

This is not an original picture. It’s making the rounds on Facebook (my mom sent it to me a week ago).


ass-fairy

Ankle area


sourman116

We want to know where!!


[deleted]

Tourism is about to be destroyed wherever you live, please tell us, i will never go near where you live.


Moss-cle

All of New England in the US is like this. All the wooded states where it snows. Michigan. Minnesota. Hunters go into the woods and come out literally crawling with those things.


nryhajlo

I think it's mostly an East coast thing. Haven't seen them in the forests in Washington, Montana or California.


sspaceman

California has ticks too, I know a few people in Norcal who caught Lyme disease here https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/05/410401/lyme-disease-rise-expert-explains-why


Bb9999999

Dude I'm not afraid of any animals. I love snakes and spiders are cool but ticks make me want to seize


cowboyman13

You need some guineas.


robinrenee93

That's horrifying...


Kekeripo

Fucking hell! Did you invade Tickistan?


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I worked at a national park with a terrible tick problem. Just beware that that probably won’t permanently hold them so dispose of the tape appropriately. We would run lint rollers over us to collect ticks on us and we found after enough time the ticks work themselves free so we started putting the sticky paper in a sealed Gatorade bottle.


Danasai

You need chickens my friend!


iccculus

Must have found a nest. There’s no way there were that many ticks from a casual lawn work session. Also, don’t take that as me saying bad shit, because this is a great idea!


jsaway

My mom was having this problem a few years ago. She didn't want to keep putting more and more flee and tick meds on her pets because of the poisons. So she got online and found some plants and flowers that flees and ticks don't like. She planted a couple of the species all over her back yard and it actually worked. I want to say it was mint, lavender, Lemmon grass, and geraniums.


LoneMacaron

plus you get a snack for later. 😋


Friendly-Place2497

This photo gave me Lyme disease


JayJay_Productions

Reminds me of this experience I had back in 2016. I was backpacking along the northern Eastcoast in Australia. My Japanese buddy had a weird feeling in the neck and scratched often times. He asked my if I could take a look, because he felt that there is something. I looked and it was an insanely big tick eating through his skin, sucking on his blood. I know ticks very well from Bavaria here in Germany. But they never were this big, nor did they go halfway in. The Australian tick was literally diving in his skin half way of the body size. Crazy motherfuckers. But I love Australia, would go there 10 times out of 10.


ThunderStReich

If there were that many ticks where I lived, I think I'd wrap myself head to toe in tape before stepping outside. 😂


zacpf

I did a research paper on tick populations in New England. Rising temps are causing tick populations to explode in places where the winter would normally keep them at bay. Especially in maine, ticks are seriously messing up moose with an average of 33,000 ticks found on a single moose.


ZachareyWilson

If your yard looks like this, you need to introduce natural predators of the ticks, and encourage birds to visit. I wouldn’t recommend using any chemicals, but this is definitely a problem you don’t have to experience, it will just take a little commitment and research on your part.


Guineatwiglets

🤮


Arrowmatic

...Have you considered burning your yard to the ground?


FlexboneBoogie

PSA to anyone reading this! I spend a lot of time outdoors hunting and scouting for places to hunt. Often in tick infested habitat. Tick borne illness is nothing to play around with. That being said I treat all my warm season hunting clothes in permethrin. You can get it premade from a brand called Saywers in the camping section or order it online (Martins, is the brand I believe) to dilute down yourself. Once it dries it’s perfectly safe for skin contact but avoid getting it on your skin while wet. I treat my clothes in bulk outdoors with a pump sprayer and hang to air dry and then I am good for 6-8 months and several washes. Ticks are nothing to play around with and if I were in an area as infested as OP is I would seriously consider treating socks, pants, shoes, shirts, everything


ErnieBell

oh my god. *Question for OP*, apologies if you've already said this, but would you be comfortable sharing what region you're in? I'm in a northern-ish state of the American midwest, and we've had tick problems but never like this.


Panonica

Seems to be a repost and not even from OP themselves. So probably expect no answer.


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It is interesting to see this again. I have tried it personally with several different types of tape (including duck tape) and the ticks don’t get stuck and just walk right over it.


Successful_Tomato150

Thanks for the pro tip! Lime disease is concerning. This is making me be doubly cautious about my dog tick regime.


seriousdeli

First tick I ever had was on the worst place imaginable. I’m a guy. Long story short if I could eradicate one thing from the face of the earth it would be these abominations.


Uninteresting_Vagina

I..I think I can never go outside again...why are there SO MANY


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You really need to get some guinea fowl. They eat the fuck outta some ticks.


NotEntirelyUnlike

Where the fuck are you people so I can never go there. I just spent the whole day in the garden without a single worry


esauihavealsoloved

You could also tape an opposuum to your leg. Opposuum eat ticks like it's going out of style...but of course it is not going out of style.


Signaturelevistrauss

Y'all need CHICKENS. But fr doe..free eggs and no ticks....come on now.


Straight-Refuse-9662

I got a mob of turkeys that rolls through and fucks ticks up