Re: [KX3] OT: Ticks, Chiggers and Mosquitoes

Posted by Bill W4ZV on Apr 12, 2012; 11:48pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-Ticks-Chiggers-and-Mosquitoes-tp7460945p7461146.html

Dave, W8OV wrote

According to these sources, ticks do not drop from trees:
<http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htm>,
<http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/life_cycle_and_hosts.html>.

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet!  :-)

 I remember blackberry picking with my sister when I was 6 years old.  It was hot so we sat beneath a tree for some shade and ticks began dropping like crazy.  She had a paper parasol which she put up and it truly sounded like rain.

To answer Don's question about falling ticks, that's why I also treat my hat with attached neck cover with Permethrin.  Works great to repel mosquitoes and deer flies also.

73,  Bill