Did I get the first tick of 2014?

[shawnba67]

Found a tiny little guy crawlin through my sons hair. Couldn't quite identify it was maybe 2mm long so I figure its a larval something.

 

[rotortech]

Bed bug? Better check it out carefully.

 

[shawnba67]

8 legs dark colored, drop of red when i squished it. Gone now but classic flat tick oval shape just small and hard to see color changes on it.

 

[The Keymaster]

If you have deer running around your area, and a dog, you can get them any time of year. Actually you don't need a dog if you have deer and children in your yard.

 

[mom45]

Sounds like a deer tick to me.

 

[shawnba67]

Dogs, chickens, wild rabbits,tame rabbits, squirrels. But no deer. LOL

 

[mom45]

There are deer ticks all over the state. They can be as tiny as the head of a pin...very hard to see.

 

[throttletony]

I haven't seen any yet, but I haven't been out much in the last 3 weeks. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they are out this week

 

[mom45]

Ours are all still buried in the snow!

 

[indiucky]

They are out in Perry County.....

 

[johntheplinker]

They are out in Perry County.....

Great.

 

[Willie]

Warrick county here.

I pulled one off my back yesterday..

 

[bucmaster]

Went out looking for sheds over the weekend.Found 6 sheds and 2 deer ticks.

 

[SkinNFluff]

7 so far this year. 4 had bit down and 3 were just crawling on me. if i had one wish it would be that i wasn't allergic to them. i still have visible discolored scars from the ones i got last year.

 

[Willie]

7 so far this year. 4 had bit down and 3 were just crawling on me. if i had one wish it would be that i wasn't allergic to them. i still have visible discolored scars from the ones i got last year.

Oh yeah.... Mine itch for weeks with a big nasty welp.

 

[npark362]

I was working on the truck and found a little tick that seemed to come out of nowhere and thought it was a little odd, but oh well i guess its time for the ticks again. i hope the ticks and skeeter are not as bad as they where last year. maybe they wont be due to the abnormal amount of colder weather this year.

 

[redlined24]

i cant even count how many ticks i pulled off last year, thats the one thing i like about cold weather, no ticks.

 

[mom45]

I pulled another one off of a cat this morning. That is two off of that cat this week and when I was picking up trash along the road the other day, I found several on the bottom of my pant legs. I was wearing lighter colored pants so they were easy to see. My husband tested borderline positive for Lyme disease last year after exhibiting symptoms. Those little buggers are nothing to mess with.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

two off the dog last weekend.

 

[emmo]

I took a brief hike in Crawford Co yesterday and wondered if they were out yet. As of this morning, doesn't look like I picked up any. I hope this past winter did some damage to the population.