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Old 08-13-2007, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Well.....I don't suppose we can just shoot the doggone ticks, either....
An air gun might do the trick
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Old 08-13-2007, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Zebulon, NC
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Well.....I don't suppose we can just shoot the doggone ticks, either....
Not unless you can shoot them with a flame thrower. But then you open up a whole 'nother mess of problems.
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Old 08-13-2007, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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I've got you all beat, I just "nuke" the whole yard. Weapons of mass bug destruction.
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Old 08-14-2007, 07:50 AM
 
Location: SoCA to NC
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I think the ticks go away within a week prior to the tocks.
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Old 08-26-2007, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Wake Forest, NC
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FYI...I just took a very short walk through the wooded part of my back yard yesterday, and when I came back, my legs were COVERED with tiny ticks (probably around 20 or 30).
I've seen the large ticks before, and I even checked for those before I went inside. About 5 minutes later, I noticed a fleck of dust moving on my leg. When I looked really close, it was a tick, and then I noticed they were all over my legs!
It's not the first time I've walked back there. Now I'm wondering if I've gotten tick bites before, and just never noticed them because they were so hard to see.
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Old 08-26-2007, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Blacksburg, VA
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jbognar,

You were covered with chiggers, not ticks. See my link above for chigger advise. Prompt scrubbing with soap is required to prevent massive itching!
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Old 08-26-2007, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Wake Forest
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FYI...I just took a very short walk through the wooded part of my back yard yesterday, and when I came back, my legs were COVERED with tiny ticks (probably around 20 or 30).
I've seen the large ticks before, and I even checked for those before I went inside. About 5 minutes later, I noticed a fleck of dust moving on my leg. When I looked really close, it was a tick, and then I noticed they were all over my legs!
It's not the first time I've walked back there. Now I'm wondering if I've gotten tick bites before, and just never noticed them because they were so hard to see.
I agree...those weren't ticks....just chiggers.
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Old 08-26-2007, 07:34 PM
 
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Chiggers? Do we not have those in MA? I'm not familiar with them.
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Old 08-26-2007, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Wake Forest
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Chiggers? Do we not have those in MA? I'm not familiar with them.
You have them in MA....at least you did quite a few years ago when I lived by Walden's Pond. They are found in most of North America.

They are more annoying then anything.

Harvest mite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 08-27-2007, 08:14 AM
 
Location: Wake Forest, NC
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I agree...those weren't ticks....just chiggers.
Well...I guess that's reassuring...kinda...

I'm still not sure if they were chiggers though. They weren't red...they were light to dark brown. And they couldn't be crushed with my fingers. They seemed to fit the description of nymph-stage deer ticks. And I see deer in my back yard nearly every day.

Does anyone know how to tell them apart?

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