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Re: Topband: Ticks

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Subject: Re: Topband: Ticks
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:18:23 -0400
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On 2019-07-16 12:33 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote:
> I live in an area prone to Lyme disease, but we've never seen a deer
> tick here, only dog (wood) ticks.

You may not see a deer tick.  They are much smaller than the more common
dog tick - the deer tick is about the size of the period at the end of a
printed sentence.  Unfortunately, we have both even down here in Florida
and my wife has already experienced the "bullseye" rash.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 2019-07-16 12:33 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote:
Note that Permethrin is deadly fatal to cats. I didn't know that until I read 
the label on the bottle, after which I threw it away (we're very fond of our 
cat.)

I wear knee-length gators, long pants, a long sleeve shirt and a hat when 
working outside, and always strip down and check my body for ticks when I go 
inside. Important to carefully check in your hair, as they like to crawl up 
there and hide.

I try to do most of my antenna work in the fall when it isn't so hot, but near 
as I can tell, ticks are present from when the snow melts to when it falls 
again.

I live in an area prone to Lyme disease, but we've never seen a deer tick here, 
only dog (wood) ticks. But that doesn't mean they aren't here. We have deer and 
mice on the property every day.

73, Dick WC1M


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