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RollerCoasterMatt t1_j9r4t9j wrote

Reply to comment by myraleemyrtlewood in Keep An Eye Out For The Asian Longhorned Tick In New Jersey by Objective_Reason_140

tuck your pants into your socks and you can prevent many ticks from latching onto you

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NJDevil69 t1_j9r829g wrote

Still not enough. I had a friend do that then walk through tall grass like an idiot. His pants had at least 9 ticks trying to burrow into the seams of the pant legs. While the pants stopped them, they still needed to be plucked off and drowned in alcohol.

The way around this is to treat your pants with the permethrin chemical before you go hiking or such. That clinches the defense against them.

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StrategicBlenderBall t1_ja1fmqy wrote

Shit, tall grass is a haven for chiggers. Ticks are bad, but fuuuuuck chiggers, they’re a nightmare.

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