Never this bad before

Stacy Carroll, post: 332261, member: 150 wrote: The whole crew got into more ticks than any of us had ever seen today. I had literally HUNDREDS of tiny ticks stuck to my legs just above my boots. We sprayed as usual, and still got covered. They were so small that I couldn't grab them with tweezers. My wife used a cloth soaked in vinegar and gently rubbed them and they came off easily and dead. I have never seen then this bad before!

thanks for the warning and the tip.

I get them like that all the time. You will hear some refer to them as turkey mites or turkey ticks. They are just larva stage of a deer tick. Worst part of them is you will welt up like a mosquito bite everywhere they little bast*** bite you. I had to go to the Dr. and get a steroid cream to keep from scratching myself to death.

I worked on a site that was infested with ticks like that. It wasn't quite that bad,but pretty close. I've heard the small ones like Matt mentioned referred to as deer ticks.

Thanks for the vinegar tip. I'll have to remember that one.

Stacy Carroll, post: 332261, member: 150 wrote: The whole crew got into more ticks than any of us had ever seen today. I had literally HUNDREDS of tiny ticks stuck to my legs just above my boots. We sprayed as usual, and still got covered. They were so small that I couldn't grab them with tweezers. My wife used a cloth soaked in vinegar and gently rubbed them and they came off easily and dead. I have never seen then this bad before!

Sounds like a nightmare! I had the same experience in the Land Between the Lakes in Western KY - stepped right into a nest, luckily we were next to a Ranger station that had a high pressure yard faucet. I stripped down and blasted them off in about 2.5 seconds, not a pleasant experience.

I will take our south Louisiana deer/horse flies and biting gnats over your ticks.

Hundreds of tiny ticks crawling all over my legs and nether region, NO THANKS!

Yep, you look down and it looks like your clothes are moving but you aren't........yet.

Congratulations - you just made stepping over junkies in an alley while surveying seem appealing.

This is the reason I love urban/suburban surveying 😀

locally known as seed ticks, bigger pest than their big brothers.
Is a junkie a feller that owns a junkyard? We got them about every other house. or at least cars setting on concrete bliocks.

My first field survey job was in the Ozarks doing NF boundaries. Ticks and chiggers were a plague. After daily field work, the crew would find some swimming hole to de-louse before heading back to the office.
We would run into ‰Û÷seed‰Ûª ticks at times.
I learned to wear a larger sock and tuck pants into boots. Spray Deep Wood‰Ûªs OFF on legs. (some folks would use sulphur). Then I learned to take wide masking tape and tape around the leg where the pants were tucked into the sock. When I got into the seed ticks, start peeling off some of the tape and start removing the little buggers by using the tape. It worked well.

Joe-Nathan, post: 332290, member: 562 wrote: I will take our south Louisiana deer/horse flies and biting gnats over your ticks.

Hundreds of tiny ticks crawling all over my legs and nether region, NO THANKS!

And I will take rattlers anytime!!

Jim in AZ, post: 332328, member: 249 wrote: And I will take rattlers anytime!!

Well let's not get carried away there Jim. [emoji28]

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StLSurveyor, post: 332282, member: 7070 wrote: Sounds like a nightmare! I had the same experience in the Land Between the Lakes in Western KY - stepped right into a nest, luckily we were next to a Ranger station that had a high pressure yard faucet. I stripped down and blasted them off in about 2.5 seconds, not a pleasant experience.

[sarcasm]That's impossible. There aren't any ticks in LBL.[/sarcasm]

Tommy Young, post: 332343, member: 703 wrote: [sarcasm]That's impossible. There aren't any ticks in LBL.[/sarcasm]

Ill assume this is sarcasm...

The jobsite was full of deer sign. That's usually when we encounter the hateful bugs. My ankles and feet are extremely swollen today. Probably going to have to see a Dr about it. I wonder if work comp will take care of it?