Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

  • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    18 hours ago

    One time I saw a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone.

    I tried everything I could think of to get it out, to no avail. Then I googled two things:

    • What eats ticks?

    • Guinea hen mating sounds

    After fifteen seconds of guinea hen sounds, I watched the tick crawl out of my phone… and immediately disappear.

    • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      71·
      16 hours ago

      Oh buddy, you should have killed it. ☹️ Stomped it out. Not only is there the meat allergy thing, but idk, they can probably still carry Lyme Disease & that’s a real bitch.

      • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        Do you have experience with ticks? You can’t stomp them. They’re too small and flat with hard shells and don’t squish. They have to be cut in half, burned, or drowned. Some people can kill them with their fingernails, but mine are too short.

        I found two of them on my body later that night and killed them with tweezers. Or fire, I don’t remember which.

        Also, deer ticks carry Lyme disease, not lone star ticks.