Ticks & Chiggers--a study

[bobpbx]

Damn!... just now pulled one off my shirt, it was a little one.

Now you have to change and wash those clothes.

 

[Teegate]

We had three on us in the past two weekends. One Jessica was throwing out the window and dropped it in the car. I usually find them on me Monday mornings at work.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Bob, great photos. They show very clearly an easy way to identify a black-legged tick. The ventral (belly) view shows what's called the adanal groove, or an arch that surrounds the tick's anus. No other genus of ticks has this and it's a very quick way to ID what you have.

 

[bobpbx]

You may use it forever Sue!

 

[bobpbx]

Oh Joy. This is a snippet of a Rutgers message.

"Gulf Coast ticks (GCT), Amblyomma maculatum are in Salem county, NJ. Individual ticks have also been found in Cape May and the Meadowlands area. This is a very aggressive tick and does bite humans and pets. It transmits Rickettsia parkeri and some populations have a high prevalence with this pathogen."

 

[JerseyDevil]

Excellent Thread! Thanks..

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Oh Joy. This is a snippet of a Rutgers message.

"Gulf Coast ticks (GCT), Amblyomma maculatum are in Salem county, NJ. Individual ticks have also been found in Cape May and the Meadowlands area. This is a very aggressive tick and does bite humans and pets. It transmits Rickettsia parkeri and some populations have a high prevalence with this pathogen."

Super bummer. They look a lot like American dog ticks, but have much longer mouthparts and tend to be larger. You guys be on the lookout for these. They have a very painful bite.