Beth:
Unfortunately, the cold is not likely to kill the deer ticks. We had a
much colder spell last winter than this winters cold spell, and I still
got Lyme Disease last year. The black legged tick might be affected by
cold weather, but not deer ticks and wood ticks, which are present in
the area around Cook, MN, where it was down to -45 last winter. The
black legged tick just recently moved into MN, and might be facilitated
by our mild winters in recent years.
Lee
Beth wrote:
Ents,
Wednesday night/Thursday day we here in St. Louis got between 3-6
inches of snow. While this is not much the problem was the cold front
that came with it. High temps for yesterday were in the teens and
today and tomorrow the highs are to be in the single temps. Of course
the wind chills have been -10 and below. This is heading towards the
Northeast today. I hope that everyone there dresses warmly and in
layers if they have to get outside.
I hope that this bitter cold (yes I know Lee, this isn't cold for you)
kills off some of the ticks around here. I am tired of pulling them
off of me along with getting Lyme.
Beth
