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Hey there! If you want to see some good ruins and explore some piney history, check out the Amotol speedway and the surrounding area. It's a fascinating place. A whole town was built around an explosive shell factory, then it was dismantled, the whole town, all in a matter of a couple of...

I posted your note and Colin's photos on the South Jersey Geocaching forum. They also spend a lot of time in the pines and will spread the word.

Oh, I'm so sorry you and your family are worried. I hope you find him safe and sound very soon. You posted this in a good place. We'll get the word out. And please let us know if he comes home.

I saw for myself what the tick situation is down there. It's not good! Geeze Louise. I picked about 50 off of myself and my husband today. The picaridin we sprayed ourselves with didn't do a thing. Between the ticks, mosquitoes, blackflies and greenheads, we're both anemic. I hope the chiggers...

I thought there was widespread spraying for gypsy moths this spring? I guess some places were missed? Dimilin is pretty effective against that genus of insects.

I guess the spraying with dimilin didn't do a whole lot for the gypsy moths? That's too bad.

Yeah, I am looking forward to FIOS too. We have it for internet service and it ain't bad. :)

You have cable now and no credit? I would think that would do something to your credit history. Anyway. I had Comcast digital cable and switched to Dish Network. It wasn't terribly troublesome, but digital cable wins hands down with both programming and with on demand features. When we moved...

You're welcome. I just noticed that I got the two dog ticks backward so I fixed it. Whoops, I always do that. To give you an idea of the time it takes for a tick generation to hatch and grow to reproduce in optimum climate conditions (80-90% humidity and ~80 degrees F), they require 3 hosts to...

Lyme disease is primarily transmitted by the black legged tick at the top, Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick. The females are reddish and the males are darker, but color can vary so you can't go on that to ID a tick. The ticks will reproduce as much as they can and don't have a...

My pleasure. :)

Here are the four most often encountered tick species you will find in the pines. There are other ixodes species (like the blacklegged tick) around that are capable of transmitting Lyme disease, but they're more obscure. Below is the Brown Dog tick, (Rhipicephalus sanguineous), the one...

I totally love my iPod. It keeps me sane. I will not be purchasing the iPhone though.

Runners and hardcore athletes smear vaseline on the affected areas, keeps things from chafing.

We saw that last year while in the area and decided right away that's what it was. As Guy says, I can't imagine it being anyting else. As an aside, I am jealous of your FJ. How do you like it? How's the mileage? I lust for them.

Ticks engage in all sorts of sneaky and underhanded host questing behavior. I would not put anything past them.

They're out there in force, I've seen about five different species in the pines so far. Bitten by two of 'em already. :jeffd:

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Actually, it's always a bad idea to put anything on the tick while it's biting you. This is really common for some reason, we even had our company nurse post something on the company website about putting vaseline on the tick. The last thing you want is for the tick to puke while its mouthparts...

I don't believe they're engangered, they're not extremely common, but they're around. I had one on my house a few years ago. It was a nice thing to come home to. :)