Questions tagged [ticks]
Questions about ticks and especially the prevention of tick bites
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Tick or Spider INSIDE my house [duplicate]
Help! Is this a tick or spider? It’s on the wall INSIDE my house. I live in Westchester,NY. I’m new here, so I’m worried. TIA!
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Would it be nearly impossible to remove a tick from afro hair?
The other answers that detail how to remove ticks from the scalp prescribe combing through the hair carefully, however with afro hair this is not possible, especially with locs (dreadlocks). What ...
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Flying bug digging into my cats skin
I went outside one time and found my cat under my neighbors boat and there was a hole in her side with a black bug that looks like a tick and can fly it is round as well and I pet her but she turned ...
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How can I remove a tick I cannot reach and no one is around to help? [duplicate]
How can you remove a tick on your back if you cannot reach it with your hand and you have no one to assist you?
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Is this a well-known way to kill ticks that are out of reach on your body?
Spring is here, in northern Virginia, and the ticks are enjoying being out and about, as I discovered after two days of spring clean-up. I removed five of them easily, but two were out of reach, and ...
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Is this a Tick or a spider? [duplicate]
I live in Lubbock, Texas and have never seen a tick in my life. I just moved to a town house that is more outside of town, so there are several cotton fields close by. I have a small dog who is on ...
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What are these tiny, round, black bugs on my bed and couch?
I moved into a house way out in the country in Kansas. Sitting in my bed yesterday I saw the tiniest, tiniest round speck. Perfectly round, black and somewhat shiny. I had to zoom in with my phone ...
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What bug is this behind my drapes?
I decided to wash my drapes and when I looked behind the couch and the drapes I found a ton of these bugs. I'm freaking out that I might have a tick infestation.
What are these bugs? Can they climb ...
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Do gaiters prevent ticks?
Do gaiters (that are NOT soaked or factory applied permethrin) worn around the ankles while hiking prevent ticks from getting into your pants and onto your skin?
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Is this tick or spider?
I found this bug in my back yard and walls outside of my house. Can you help me identify? I was worried if this is a tick.
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How to find ticks in your hair?
This TGO answer recommends putting possibly tick-infested clothing into a dedicated dryer, where they will be killed by desiccation. The source used in the answer, the Appalachian Mountain Club, ...
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How to defend against getting lyme disease? [duplicate]
Because I know many people, including family members, who have had very bad experiences with lyme disease, I am hesitant to get more involved in the outdoors. In live in Massachusetts where there lyme ...
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Could a tick make several test bites in a circle?
I got my first tick bite recently, on the top of my foot. The tick was latched on. There was a circle of small dots around the tick and a slightly bigger red area close by. They were all there from ...
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Does putting an item in a microwave oven kill ticks (and other bugs)?
After a hike, we often find many ticks on us (and remove them of course). But the assumption is that some might still be in the clothing, on the shoes, etc. I don't want to throw the worn stuff in the ...
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Do birds get ticks?
This has been an especially prolific year for ticks in the northeastern region of the United States. We've had so many in our yard that I've given up gardening and switched to planting in pots!
We ...
