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April 04/29/18, 01:39:47 PM

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Tick time!


Minnesota to see hungry ticks emerge in warm weather


ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An expert says the delayed spring and a week of temperatures reaching 65 degrees Fahrenheit means ticks will likely come out soon in large numbers in Minnesota.

Ticks can transmit diseases, such as Lyme disease, human anaplasmosis and babesiosis, during the feeding process, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported .

The ticks will be hungry because they've been waiting to emerge, said Janet Jarnefeld, manager of tick vector services with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. The district covers Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties.


"It'll seem like there's a lot more because they're coming out in full force all at once instead of a little at a time," she said.

Ticks can have a three-year life cycle. After they hatch from an egg, they spend time as a larva, a nymph and then become an adult. Ticks can bite at any state in their life. They're typically too weak and small to successfully latch on during the larva stage. They're most dangerous during the nymph stage because they're small and hard to detect.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported more than 1,300 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in 2016.

Clothes should be sprayed with permethrin, which is an insecticide that repels ticks. Residents should also check their clothes for ticks after spending time in the woods or fields. Wearing lighter colored pants and tucking pant legs into socks can make it easier to spot ticks, Jarnefeld said.

Tick season peaks in July. August is typically the best month for outdoor activities.

"I call August our tick-free month," Jarnefeld said. "It's not to say you won't see any, but it provides the fewest opportunities for ticks to attach to you."
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April 04/29/18, 03:57:26 PM Reply #1

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Re: Tick time!
Thanks Reb! We all need a wakeup call!

But, It's depressing as all get out....  :pouty:
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April 04/29/18, 04:12:14 PM Reply #2

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Re: Tick time!
I HATE those things!!!! More than Boar hates cardboard!   :shocked:
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April 04/29/18, 05:28:24 PM Reply #3

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Re: Tick time!
spent the weekend cutting wood.... the wifey just checked..............ah never mind!!!!!!1 :sleazy: :rotflmao:
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April 04/29/18, 05:32:33 PM Reply #4

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Re: Tick time!
 :doah: :doah: :doah: Only YOU could get seks outta a tick thing!!!!! 
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April 04/29/18, 05:43:29 PM Reply #5

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Bet she didn't check where they really like hide on glenn. : :bonk: :sleazy: ;) :laugh:
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April 04/29/18, 05:45:49 PM Reply #6

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NOOOOO!! Don't get him going, Gunner!!!! :doah: :bonk:
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April 04/29/18, 06:31:12 PM Reply #7

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OHHHHHHH  yea she did........ why it took so long to finish unpacking!!!!! :sleazy:
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April 04/29/18, 06:57:01 PM Reply #8

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Re: Tick time!
Quote from: glenn57 on April 04/29/18, 06:31:12 PM
OHHHHHHH  yea she did........ why it took so long to finish unpacking!!!!! :sleazy:

there ya dreaming again!!!!  good gosh!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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April 04/29/18, 07:15:00 PM Reply #9

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Re: Tick time!
I think he's been out with Lee yanking worms!
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April 04/29/18, 07:44:22 PM Reply #10

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Quote from: Rebel SS on April 04/29/18, 07:15:00 PM
I think he's been out with Lee yanking worms!

 :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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April 04/30/18, 07:28:00 AM Reply #11

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 :doah: ;) :rotflmao:
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May 05/01/18, 11:51:29 AM Reply #12

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Re: Tick time!
Cheapest way to treat clothes for ticks is to buy the concentrated permethrin at Fleet Farm in the Ag department.   Dilute it with water, soak the clothes, wring them out and let them dry.   

There are videos on youtube on how to do it.   
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May 05/01/18, 12:20:17 PM Reply #13

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Re: Tick time!
dnr said this spring will be the worst of the worst tick season...uffda  :thumbs:
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May 05/01/18, 12:38:43 PM Reply #14

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Re: Tick time!
Has anyone been able to explain why ticks didn't seem to be such a bad problem 40 years ago?

Either in quantity of ticks or variety and seriousness of disease?

The only thing I remember hearing about was Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - and you never hear about that now.
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I advise the use of The Rebco Tick-pruf ball, only $49.99.  Operators are standing by....... ;)

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Quote from: Steve-o on May 05/01/18, 12:38:43 PM
Has anyone been able to explain why ticks didn't seem to be such a bad problem 40 years ago?

Either in quantity of ticks or variety and seriousness of disease?

The only thing I remember hearing about was Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - and you never hear about that now.

Probably because we didn't whine about every little bug we saw. I remember as a kid,  when we stayed up north fishing, we'd spray down with RAID.....because there were lotsa ticks and skeeters.  'Course, we aerobombed cities with DDT, too... :rolleyes:
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May 05/01/18, 02:02:25 PM Reply #17

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Re: Tick time!
back in the 60's and 70's the only ticks we picked up came from the mississippi river bottoms near coon rapids wilst carp shooting,no ticks in our fields where we hung out.

Even on the north shore I hiked every creek,stream and river fishing steelhead and never had a tick on me,fast forward to the mid 90's big time tick boom.

dang things have spread into "oh canada" these days.Both dog ticks and deer ticks.
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Re: Tick time!
Ticks, sqeeters, flies deer and horseflies. All good reasons for the snow to start flying again. :happy1: :happy1:
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Quote from: glenn57 on May 05/01/18, 03:19:39 PM
Ticks, sqeeters, flies deer and horseflies. All good reasons for the snow to start flying again. :happy1: :happy1:

Why don'tcha move to the Arctic regions? Lota flying reindeer up there.... :azn:
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Siberia!!!!
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May 05/01/18, 05:16:09 PM Reply #22

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Naa, no Russian talkin' smurfs up dere!!!   :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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