Found one yesterday walking up my pants leg. Walked thru scrubby underbrush in Cherry Hill
Ticks? Anyone seen them recently? Cumberland Cty
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Going up to around 80 degrees tomorrow, that oughta bring 'em out. 
Be careful everyone - tick-borne illness is the last thing you (or the healthcare system) needs to deal with now!
Be careful everyone - tick-borne illness is the last thing you (or the healthcare system) needs to deal with now!
I don’t. I quickly dispatched my Leatherman tool & squashed it. It was small & brown (sorry....not much to go on there)
Was just wandering around out back on my property with my friend Jack Daniels. 
Set the flask down on the trail for less than one minute, picked it up again and a tick marched off it onto my hand! A big one, with a white spot on its back (lone star tick ? ). Clearly, they are everywhere.
Set the flask down on the trail for less than one minute, picked it up again and a tick marched off it onto my hand! A big one, with a white spot on its back (lone star tick ? ). Clearly, they are everywhere.
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Theyyyyyyyre heeeeeeere!Was just wandering around out back on my property with my friend Jack Daniels.
Permethrin, combined with common sense precautions, really is quite effective. 
People ask me that question all. The. Time. Permethrin is great because it's a repellent AND an acaricide/insecticide. It prevents bugs and ticks from getting on you in the first place. Those topical or oral treatments for dogs and cats generally aren't repellents (the ones that are contain permethrin, too), but are only insecticides/acaricides: they kill the tick as it climbs on and tries to eat. People can't tolerate that, we don't want them near us!Permethrin, combined with common sense precautions, really is quite effective.
Finding new repellents is a pretty tall order since it has to be a volatile substance that constantly pays out, so by nature, they don't last very long on the skin.
Ah hah ! Validating my bourbon theory !Was just wandering around out back on my property with my friend Jack Daniels.
That would probably make a good repellent or disinfectant.
A tick climbed up the flask and was headed across my hand. If I hadn't noticed, it would have found a spot to drill into me. If it wasn't for the flask, the tick wouldn't have been able to climb up my permethrin-treated clothes. So, I'd say that the bourbon made it more likely to get bitten. Is that your theory?
Seriously, the thing that impressed me is that the little flask has a "footprint" of only about 2 square inches, and within less than a minute a tick had climbed up it. This was on a cleared trail, not in the underbrush. To me, that implies there are a lot of ticks out there.