As of last week, I'd picked up seven ticks so far this year. Seven which actually bit me. Six of which glommed onto me in one ten-day period. Only five of which were removed in one piece. I've had all three life stages, too, nymph and juvenile and adult ( Read more... )

You know it's spring because yesterday, I picked up my first tick of the year. *sigh* It took my dearest savant_da_rat ten minutes and two pairs of tweezers to get rid of the foul thing on my knee. Fortunately, we are certain that it was not a deer tick, so probably no Lyme exposure. Bleah ( Read more... )