Tick Populations 'Absolutely Astronomical' in Ohio and Connecticut

[n2doc]

Rising tick populations in the America have reached possible record numbers, with some people reporting seeing more this spring than ever before. The numbers have prompted worry, as ticks carry a number of scary pathogens.

Wildlife biologist Scott Williams of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station told Outside magazine that one part of his state along the eastern bank of the Connecticut River is spectacularly infested.

"You get absolutely astronomical abundance here-maybe 1,000 ticks an acre," said Williams.
Further west in Ohio, tick populations are booming as well.

"The crazy wet, cool early spring weather had all of the ticks bunched up," Glen Needham, a tick specialist at Ohio State University, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "When the warm weather arrived, it was a case of ticks on steroids. People have been reporting they'd never seen this many ticks."

Needham said tick populations have been on the rise in the Buckeye state for the past decade.
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http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1990/20130518/tick-populations-absolutely-astronomical-ohio-connecticut.htm

[DirkGently]

1. Gack. (nt)

[brewens]

2. My girlfriends teenage daughter got one on her a couple years ago. I did

my best to be helpful. After they came out of the RV after removing it, I told her to keep a close eye on the area where the tick had been in case it layed eggs under her skin and they began to hatch out.

That creeped her out big time. My girlfriend found out and didn't think that was very funny!

[RoccoR5955]

7. Ticks don't lay eggs in people.

They lay their eggs in the ground. They bite, and secrete a small amount of their saliva, which then infects the host, while they are feeding on the host's blood.

[brewens]

11. I know that but she didn't. Until her mom straightened things out. n/t

[sarge43]

3. They're out in force in NH.

Can't even walk around in the yard without collecting a few.

[Flashmann]

4. Tick Populations 'Absolutely Astronomical'

This couldn't possibly,remotely,be even fleetingly considered to MAYBE be a result of the climate change that doesn't exist.Must be magic.

[mopinko]

5. backyard chickens.

[RoccoR5955]

8. Guinea Hens are better...

...but they are a hell of a lot dumber than chickens.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

10. How can you tell which is less intelligent?

As far as I know, the only things that are dumber than chickens are fishes.

[RoccoR5955]

12. Guinea hens get run over by cars more often

Chickens tend to stay out of the road. Guinea hens tend to go toward the road.
Therefore guinea hens are dumber.

Oh, and as far as your previous comment, I know a whole lot of teabaggers who are dumber than chickens.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

13. Interesting. Thank you.

Modern fossil-fuel powered vehicles go a lot faster than horses.

[1-Old-Man]

14. I disagree that they are dumber, in either sense of the word

I had a small flock of Guineas for a couple of years and they would come when called - I know, it sounds odd. Chickens can't be taught to do anything that I've ever seen. But as to the subject, back when we did have Guineas our tick population (as measured by how many we found on ourselves) dropped to zero. Good useful birds, and not just as 'watch dogs' either.

[Shrike47]

6. I've never seen a tick, and I'm happy in my ignorance.

[NutmegYankee]

9. Don't I know... I live just miles from Lyme, CT.

Where Lyme disease was named after.