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Originally Posted by bliss  my friend and her bf went for a hike last weekend and came back with a collection of ticks as well! I went hiking and had none... is the location a factor?
what i am hearing is that it was not cold enough this winter, so it is going to be a tick intense summer  |
The harshness of the winter doesn't effect the number of ticks directly, the amount of hosts availible(mostly deer in the northeast) does that. Ticks spend the winter in the ground so if there is little frost they are active faster. If the winter is mild it does mean tick season can start earlier but a spell of dry warm weather will end the season.
Ticks cannot jump or fly but will drop down on a subject from above. They are alerted by our release of carbon dioxide just like mosquitos. Some feel they are also alerted by our heat but that is debatable.
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