Re: Ticks was (Re: Chiggers!)
Jim Holman (jrholman@POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU)
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 15:29:06 -0400
>> That's one nice
>>thing about being here in the North.... no problems with chiggers and very
>>little with ticks ( a MUCH bigger health problem).
>
>Not familiar with chiggars (maybe that's because I'm from NY and have done
very little outdoor type stuff south of PA) but ticks are a BIG problem
around here.
>We're as far north as any where in Ohio. Tick checks are a way of life here,
I certainly did'nt want to trivialize the tick problem, aside from Rocky
Mountain Spotted fever and Lyme disease, there are a number of diseases they
transmit. Plus getting infected bites, etc.
We go through a "tick reminder" every spring as well as on campouts during
warm weather, but I haven't seen more than one or two in 5 years of camping
here in north-central Ohio. Go to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc
and you can get covered. As mentioned above, latitude doesn't seem to be
all that's involved. Guess we're just lucky :-). (Now, if someone wants to
trade for some deer-flies....)
Jim Holman (216)-263-3772
Head, Computing and Statistical Services, OARDC
holman.2@osu.edu
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