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Whoa Nelly. Pythons? Seriously? That's amazing. Makes me wanna go see for myself!

Oye. If it was swollen, it got a good hold of you. Argh!

You are quite welcome. And FYI, deer ticks are not the only ticks to avoid. All of them are capable of carrying some icky disease, so it's a good idea to use repellent no matter where you go! Lyme disease is just the tip of the iceberg and if I had to pick one to get, I'd probably pick that...

Hm. I have always wondered if they ever exploded. I guess that answers that question!

Here is a map of the distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus, the "deer tick". http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/tickmap.htm

The few times I looked carefully and thoroughly and thought I had chiggers, they turned out to be teeny tiny ticks. I am shocked at just how small larval ticks can be. Perhaps I will get the opportunity to find actual chiggers this summer. :dance:

You know, I've looked, and I still have never been able to see a chigger. I've had many bites, but I've just never been able to visualize the actual beasts. I've found the tiniest ticks ever, but never chiggers. (I have a microscope). I just spent a couple of days hiking in the Ozarks, and...

Nope, just the fly maggot variety. :)

It's apparently a very active season, too. I just spent a week in Arkansas and I was stunned at just how many towns had sections that were wiped out.

That's a big one. I will weigh in and say fishing spider. I think the wolf spider generally has a bigger thorax and shorter legs. Ben, I used to be the same about maggots. Then I had to start raising them. It took me a few years, but I have gotten to the point where I can handle large...

Jeff, what a fantastic event! :)

Boyd, I owe you beer.

How true. :v: I also think it is due to the increased mobility of people. Tropical bugs (both the crawly kind and the microbial kind) are making their way across borders. And no, before LIP gets all YouTube about it, it's not just south of the border. People in general are traveling a lot...

*ahem* A guy? :ninja:

I am taking a class this summer starting in July that deals with this very topic--emerging vector-borne diseases. I think that climate change has contributed to more bugs overwintering as more life stages so they have an extra head start in the spring.

Thank you for the kind offer, Mr. Roo-say. I will give that one some thought.

I would LOVE to work from home a few days a week, I'd get so much more done. I hope this gas price increase spurs more interest in this sort of thing by my company. It would be very green of them, they could even spin that to their advantage. Pharmaceutical companies are often maligned, they...

Largo, I don't really want to get rid of it, but we don't have a place to put it other than against the hedges in the back yard. I used to live on the Delaware and took it out all the time. We have kayaks now, so when the Gremlins go a-paddling, we always take the yaks and leave the canoe...

Osagian canoe. Comes with two PFD's and two well-loved paddles. (that's salesman speak for fair condition). Canoe is light and in great shape. Good choice for kids, it has a little bit of a keel so it is very stable, yet tracks really well. $395.

Oh, but how I love the FJ. Too bad it's a pig because it's so prettyyyy!