More dogs? WT
At 06:04 AM 7/8/2006, eann wrote: >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!
