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[deleted] t1_itx22ye wrote

The ticks were horrible this past year in south Jersey

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ofthedappersort OP t1_itx737a wrote

Tell them to fuck off

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[deleted] t1_itx8353 wrote

I wish, I'm right by the pine barrens and when I walked the dog I would have to brush all the ticks off of him and myself

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b4ngl4d3sh t1_itxnrio wrote

Not so bad in the North. Drought is the antithesis to bad tick years.

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[deleted] t1_itxromi wrote

It was dry down here too, hardly any rain and hot hot hot

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b4ngl4d3sh t1_itxt6t4 wrote

They dropped off hard after may in Sussex county. I did pick up a bunch of lone stars in Atlanic county this summer though.

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[deleted] t1_itxu4qm wrote

Those are the ones I'm concerned about. In ocean county I've only seen brown ones.

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b4ngl4d3sh t1_itxwzy9 wrote

I was picking up the Lonestars at Forsythe. Not sure if i picked up any in Cape May, probably dog ticks. But Forsythe was lousy with lonestars. No me gusta!

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getyouryayasoutahere t1_itz29ta wrote

Lone stars can cause alpha-gal meat allergy. My niece in south Jersey was bit and was diagnosed. Thankfully, it lasted about six months, not the two years it could have lasted. It’s not an immediate allergic reaction as with other foods but you start feeling sick anywhere from three hours on. It was unpleasant.

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