Will this midwestern deep freeze finally stop the tick increase?

[mizzou]

.......temporarilly?

Last few winters have been VERY mild, and contributed to an explosion in tick populations. Ticks in Missouri, will totally derail any light or extended hike or travel into the wilderness. Plains areas w/ tall grass are absolutely loaded with these things. I went on a quick hike through Ha Ha Tonka and I brushed off hundreds of small ticks. I was fortunate, as I was prepared (only had 2 get through to my skin), I met several people walking around w/ shorts and probably have hundreds if not more attached to their legs.

pretty disgusting.


Anyway, rumor is, it has to be below freezing to do any damage to dormant ticks, for maybe a week or so.

Well we've had that and then some.

So what's the verdict, rumor or fact?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

That is fucking disgusting. I hope for your sake the weather deals to them, I'd be pissed if I had some bug drilling into my skin whenever I went outdoors.

 

[techs]

I'd heard there was an uptick.

 

[rudeguy]

MO is in the south, not the Midwest.

 

[moshquerade]

That is fucking disgusting. I hope for your sake the weather deals to them, I'd be pissed if I had some bug drilling into my skin whenever I went outdoors.

no mosquitoes there?

 

[HydroSqueegee]

ticks are annoying in small numbers. i couldnt imagine them swarming me. blech. luckily i only have to deal with mosquitoes where i go hiking around here.

 

[dennilfloss]

And ticks are revolting. Bed bugs too. Yech!!!

 

[bignateyk]

I got a tick on my taint one year when I was camping. It must have happened when I stumbled into the woods late at night to piss while I was drunk. Do you have any idea how hard it is to remove a tick from somewhere you can't see? There was some goatse going on as I tried to use a mirror to accomplish the feat with a knife, lighter, and tweezers.

True story.

 

[shortylickens]

MO is in the south, not the Midwest.

Quoted so you cant change change it later, after you get owned.

 

[Zstream]

MO is in the south, not the Midwest.

Go back to your hole!

Missouri being in the south... How we todd did are you?

 

[Juddog]

I got a tick on my taint one year when I was camping. It must have happened when I stumbled into the woods late at night to piss while I was drunk. Do you have any idea how hard it is to remove a tick from somewhere you can't see? There was some goatse going on as I tried to use a mirror to accomplish the feat with a knife, lighter, and tweezers.

True story.

UGH that's revolting!

 

[rudeguy]

Quoted so you cant change change it later, after you get owned.

why would I change it?

 

[destrekor]

why would I change it?

Do you admit you're wrong and have no desire to try to hide the fact?

Or do you still think Missouri is in the south?

 

[RESmonkey]

edit

 

[shiner]

Do you admit you're wrong and have no desire to try to hide the fact?

Or do you still think Missouri is in the south?

Some say it is, some say it isn't

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States

 

[rudeguy]

Do you admit you're wrong and have no desire to try to hide the fact?

Or do you still think Missouri is in the south?

of course I'm wrong. But my hatred of the South bleeds over into MO. They have funny accents and below average IQ's...so they are part of the South.

And yes I'm kidding. I talk to people from MO every day. They are probably the nicest section of the country I talk to.

 

[Pollock]

I'd heard there was an uptick.

ban

 

[IGBT]

wondering the same about rattle snakes. seems like extended deep cold weather would deplete any dug in earth burrowing critter.

 

[lifeobry]

I met several people walking around w/ shorts and probably have hundreds if not more attached to their legs.

D:

 

[frostedflakes]

We get some pretty cold weather every winter in Kansas, and there are still a ton of ticks.

Those nasty deer ticks are the only ones you really need to worry about anyway. The others don't carry Lyme disease.

 

[joesmoke]

I'd heard there was an uptick.

you buggin dawg!

 

[dennilfloss]

I got a tick on my taint one year when I was camping. It must have happened when I stumbled into the woods late at night to piss while I was drunk. Do you have any idea how hard it is to remove a tick from somewhere you can't see? There was some goatse going on as I tried to use a mirror to accomplish the feat with a knife, lighter, and tweezers.

True story.

Times like this are when you find who your real friends are.

 

[aleckz]

I hope that the population gets crippled. Last year when I was fishing, baby ticks were everywhere on me. As I learned my lesson, I just used bug spray with Deet. They hate that shit.

Oh and the taint ticks are the worse as bignateyk said. Even worse if you don't get the full tick and leave the head in the taint.