Oh come the fuck on.

Remember Lantern Flies not sure if we stomped them out or not ?

Serious PSA for everyone. Im not sure if this species can spread Lyme disease but if you find a tick attached to you go to the doctor. Lyme is easy to treat early but if you don't recognize the symptoms and/or let it go, you could end up like me with crippling joint pain and a myriad of other horrible symptoms that still fuck me to this day. You do not want it believe me.

I used to looooove hiking. I love being outside in all weather.

Then my bro contracted Lymes and ive been afraid of grass ever since.

We got these the Asian longhorn beetle lantern flies the fuck is going on

I believe you. I dated a girl who had Lyme and she felt miserable and dizzy like all the time.

The word of today is "exsanguination".

Also dont forget the lone star tick whose bite carries the chance for a a permanent meat allergy

> and/or let it go,

My doctors treated me for mono for six weeks before they realized it was actually Lyme disease. Oops. In their defense it was the early 90s

How bad is it if you get one of these on your dick? Asking for a friend

Probably won’t be able to use it anymore

> permanent meat allergy

This scares me more than lime.

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

They're still around. An article I read though states that once the local predators learn they can safely eat these bugs, we should start to see a dip in their numbers. It's going to take a few years though.

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.

Outside of a few weirdly specific hotspots it seemed like that was already happening in South Jersey? They didn’t seem as prevalent. Or maybe I just got used to them.

my son was bit by a lonestar tick last summer (we had it tested) in monmouth county. The meat allergy is not permanent but can last for several years. Thankfully he was ok.

Can we just start actively breeding possums and guinea hens to release into ever acre of land w/ a tree? I do not want any of the shit these little bastards carry.

shit fucked me up hardcore back in the day. only like 1/3 of people get the bullseye rash, and ticks usually bite where you can't notice them.

also the standard generic "western blot" test that most dr's give is trash....i tested negative like 3x. u gotta get ur serum sent out to special labs and see what bands you have on the spectrum

I’m glad he was okay. What was the meat allergy like? Did he get sick from it? Rash? Anything like that?

I'm sure the ability to have some chickens will help in this issue too bad nj is full of laws and regulations to keep you from having things that help its people

please specify.

Chickens eat ticks on top of other things. But mostly places towns in nj don't allow the owning of chickens and limit quantity etc

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