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looks like one, i saw a photo of a lady that had been bitten and her face was a right mess do not know if its the same lady
it gets me that some gardeners go about there bussenes in shorts and even get there shirt off when thay can it is too easy to pick one up from hedges or boarders it is not just long grass that thay are in and as you say you do not know that they have attached theselves to you till you see them maby 10 hours or longer down the line
Ticks like to crawl to the warmest parts of your body such as armpits and groin before gorging themselves. Best to carry a proper tick removal tool in the van just in case
Often wear shorts in the Summer........... if you're not careful, you can get paranoid about things, imagining danger round every corner and you'll end up wearing a complete protective suit for everything:) The chances of being bitten by a tick, let alone one with Lyme disease, are pretty remote..... The number of stories I've read of people suffering terribly through sepsis with the most minute cut........... the first penicillin patient died from a rose thorn prick.... and we're getting these minor "injuries" all the time with no problems.
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how anyone can enjoy life constantly worrying about these things is beyond me
I never wear shorts but often have bugs land on my arms or go down the back of my neck, I could do with wearing something around my neck and keeping a long top on, but it's hard to when it's warm weather.
By the look of it when it was on me it was about to feed because it was attached head first.
Just googled Tick removal tool, came across this website which might help some people.
http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/about-ticks/tick-removal/
The photo is definitely a tick but I don't think there is any such thing as a Lyme Tick. All ticks can carry the bacteria which causes Lyme disease but the percentage which do is really quite low in this country. Sensible precautions are the best way, especially giving yourself a thorough check over after working in environments where they might be.
I lived in Zimbabwe for many years and ticks are a daily fact of life and they carry all sorts of diseases harmful to both humans and animals but sensible control and precautions result in quite low infection rates.
Never had any issues with ticks, I haven't seen one in years.
One of my customers gardens is infested with horse flies at this time of year though, and they swarm around me when I'm there. I hate them with a passion. The bites hurt too. Horrible things.
During my life I have "owned" three ferrets, one I bought when I was in my teens, the other two were strays that I brought home whilst I was in my late forties much to everyones amusement.
Only having short legs and being down in the grass they were tick magnets, it was not unusual to have to remove more than a dozen ticks at a time from them.
It's not a question about if there are ticks waiting to attach themselves to a warm blooded mammals, but how to avoid them doing so.
Andy
As above, it's not a Lyme tick. It's just a tick. That'd be a bit like calling all burgers "food poisoning burgers".
I've had dozens, possibly 100s of ticks in the years mountain biking, camping, fishing etc. Never had lymes disease.
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