[at-l] One more thing...

[Indy toe]

I went hiking last weekend -- Saturday's edition was for 4 hours between rain clouds.
Got back to the basecamp/cabin for a shower, and discovered a tick burrowed onto my 
rib cage. Four HOURS max. was all the little bugger had.

It was smaller than ye olde' dog tick: a white star identified it as a female Lone Star tick.
Already burrowed in, it *also* had injected enough goober that the area was raised/itchy
about 0.5" high, but 1.5" wide[!!].... It's now 8 days from then, and it's still discernible.
I've never seen such speed of embedding or of 'alergen' injection, in my life. WOW.
But in reading up on these (expanding-range!!!) puppies, it seems common.

LESSON: Be even MORE vigilant -- there's no 24 hour or 48 hour window with these bastards.



Solvitur Ambulando.

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On Sat, 4/21/18, Black Wolfe <blackwolfe at charter.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [at-l] One more thing...
 To: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
 Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018, 10:01 PM
 
 In April alone in my
 "own" backyard, I have been bitten by over 1 dozen
 
 ticks, one lone star, one dog and over 10
 deer ticks.  I have little 
 love for the
 blood thirsty arachnids.
 Black Wolfe
 
 
 On 04/21/2018
 06:47 PM, Leslie Booher wrote:
 > Now that
 Frank Nightwalker has alerted us to this tick infestation in
 
 > NJ, I’m suddenly itching all over. 
 Fie!  Is Hunterdon County even on 
 > the
 AT?
 > 
 > Anklebear
 > 
 > "Oh give me
 tears for others' woes, And patience for my
 own!"
 > 
 > 
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