Around here (SW Missouri) a wood tick is a lot larger than any other tick. They are fat little buggers with a greenish tint.
I thought dog ticks were similar in size and appearance to lone star ticks. But I may very well be wrong. Google knows!! :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:18 PM Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2019-07-16 12:33 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote: > > I live in an area prone to Lyme disease, but we've never seen a deer > > tick here, only dog (wood) ticks. > > You may not see a deer tick. They are much smaller than the more common > dog tick - the deer tick is about the size of the period at the end of a > printed sentence. Unfortunately, we have both even down here in Florida > and my wife has already experienced the "bullseye" rash. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 2019-07-16 12:33 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote: > > Note that Permethrin is deadly fatal to cats. I didn't know that until I > read the label on the bottle, after which I threw it away (we're very fond > of our cat.) > > > > I wear knee-length gators, long pants, a long sleeve shirt and a hat > when working outside, and always strip down and check my body for ticks > when I go inside. Important to carefully check in your hair, as they like > to crawl up there and hide. > > > > I try to do most of my antenna work in the fall when it isn't so hot, > but near as I can tell, ticks are present from when the snow melts to when > it falls again. > > > > I live in an area prone to Lyme disease, but we've never seen a deer > tick here, only dog (wood) ticks. But that doesn't mean they aren't here. > We have deer and mice on the property every day. > > > > 73, Dick WC1M > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
