To be sure, there are deer ticks here in abundance (always have been) but they're not often picked up since they're more active in late fall than spring and summer. Fortunately, according to the NH State Dept of Health & Human Services, Lyme is carried in a very small fraction of the deer tick population in central NH.
The population of dog ticks, on the other hand, is totally out of control. I grew up in southern NH and *never* saw a dog tick until about 5 years ago. Now, every time I come in from being outside, I pick 4 to 10 dog ticks off me. It's creepy! So what's the dynamic that's changed since the 1970's and 80's? Increasingly warmer winters, wetter summers? Ann ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ E. Ann Poole, MSc, Ecologist & Environmental Planner PO Box 890, 741 Beard Rd Hillsborough, NH 03244 (603)478-1178 [EMAIL PROTECTED] eannpoole.com ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Weis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "eann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Tick talk > you should feel lucky you don't have deer ticks (Lyme disease) or lone > star ticks (Rocky Mtn spotted fever I think). > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "eann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Tick talk > > On Jul 7, 2006, at 8:53 PM, eann wrote: > > Man, they > > suck. > > > > Ann > > Ann, > > Good pun! But more serious of course is the deer tick (lyme > disease). My field class of 16 has found a dozen in the last week. > > Remember the Adirondacks when all you had to worry about were a few > little black flies!
