New invasive 'aggressive biter' tick spreads across US, sparks concern

[Maverick]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018...er-tick-spreads-across-us-sparks-concern.html

Human diseases transmitted by the tick in Asia include spotted fever rickettsiosis, a bacterial infection that ranges from mild to life-threatening. The New York Times reports that the biggest threat from the longhorned tick is a phlebovirus that causes Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), an emerging infectious disease described as a “haemorrhagic fever.”

“The disease has become a substantial risk to public health, not only in China, but also in other parts of the world,” The Lancet reported in 2014.

 

[user 6493]

if I could rid the world of one insect ,,,,,,,,,,,,,it would be the tick

 

[Maverick]

I'm on the same page Ghost, I hate the damn things

 

[DrPrepper1]

All insects are supposed to a part to play in the life cycle. I hate mosquitoes, but I know they are food for. Lizards, frogs etc. I have no idea what good a tick serves.

 

[Maverick]

All insects are supposed to a part to play in the life cycle. I hate mosquitoes, but I know they are food for. Lizards, frogs etc. I have no idea what good a tick serves.

They support ecosystems by serving as a food source particularly the bloods nutrients they hold for many reptiles, birds and amphibians. The scientists even use them as an indicator of an ecosystem's overall health and stability.

Though that doesn’t change fact I detest them and they can go way of the dodo.

 

[DrHenley]

I have no idea what good a tick serves.

To serve as inspiration for cheesy comic book heros???

 

[Dani]

We haven't seen a great many in my area yet. Over the last 15 years running thru our woods I've only gotten them on me once and hunny once that I can remember thank goodness. Now son number three has a couple times but he is in the deep woods more often than us since he is constantly hunting for something in season. The puppy dogs have had a few and actually surprised I have never found any on the goats over the years and I touch everyone of them most days. They are not nice and can be a buggar getting off. When we were clearing off our propeety, there were many a nights that we had tick checks.

 

[Maverick]

When ever we’re out on tree line we always have a tick check, hunting tree cutting we have tick check everyday, one of us seem to always have one, the live stock isn’t a major issue, each year is different some bad and some not so bad.

Pantyhose is a good deterrent and we use them if the season is bad, it’s a good deterrent against chiggers, ticks, mosquitoes and fleas. We used them for years, while everyone laughs at you in the end it’s you with the last laugh. Don’t discount the pantyhose and really should be an stock item for the bug out bag!!

 

[DrHenley]

Pantyhose is a good deterrent and we use them if the season is bad, it’s a good deterrent against chiggers, ticks, mosquitoes and fleas.

LOL, in my younger years I wouldn't have been caught dead in pantyhose. But somewhere north of 60 you lose your sense of modesty, and frankly I'm fine with the idea if it will keep the chiggers at bay.

My main problem with ticks is getting one from a deer I'm cleaning. So that won't help there.

 

[Maverick]

I used pantyhose in the Military when I was in central and south America, it wasn't just mosquitoes but also leeches, we would cut the ends off and slide over our arms and use surgical tape to keep them in place. It worked really well unless we were submerged above a waist line. It may surprise you how many Foresters, Rangers and Wardens wear them.

 

[DrHenley]

How do you, um, get access?

 

[brandx]

Never heard of the pantyhose trick before. We used to tie rags that had kerosene on them around our ankles when we went blackberry picking. that helped with the chiggers. In spring there are zillions of ticks here, I am used to it. Had a red bullseye once and took some ATB but that was just once.

 

[WGregMiller]

I had to have one dug out of my arm this year. Seems like a new variety here -the little )$)&**s tunnel in stead of just biting...

 

[WGregMiller]

How do you, um, get access?

Speaking of ‘access’, a friend of mine got one on his, uh, junk. Latched on. The standard way to remove a tick here is to rip it off.
.. didn’t work too well for him, lol. LOTS of bleeding.

 

[DrPrepper1]

They support ecosystems by serving as a food source particularly the bloods nutrients they hold for many reptiles, birds and amphibians. The scientists even use them as an indicator of an ecosystem's overall health and stability.

Though that doesn’t change fact I detest them and they can go way of the dodo.

I would agree, but it makes me feel better knowing that at least they have some purpose.

 

[DrPrepper1]

Speaking of ‘access’, a friend of mine got one on his, uh, junk. Latched on. The standard way to remove a tick here is to rip it off.
.. didn’t work too well for him, lol. LOTS of bleeding.

I would click "like" for this post, but that seems rather cruel. I just express my sympathy for your friend and his....uh...misfortune.

 

[WGregMiller]

I would click "like" for this post, but that seems rather cruel. I just express my sympathy for you friend and his....uh...misfortune.

If it were me, I don’t think I’d have told anyone..... we all laughed at him.

 

[brandx]

Speaking of ‘access’, a friend of mine got one on his, uh, junk. Latched on. The standard way to remove a tick here is to rip it off.
.. didn’t work too well for him, lol. LOTS of bleeding.

I had a friend get one there too, asked me what he should do. Duh. You need me to tell you?

 

[Kootenay prepper]

This is the trick I use for removing the ticks. We used to use heat for removing them but to many times they would die and the head would remain in the skin making it very hard to remove.