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be sure to check your christmas tree(s), wreaths, etc. for ticks.
if your gonna get the tree at dusk, dawn or at night, bring a flash light with you.
if your gonna cut your own, dress appropriately.
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I cringe everytime I see a Christmas tree lot of trees. If only people knew what could be lurking under that tree bark waiting for a blood meal.
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I have a question....will the cold temps kill the ticks??? Also will you be able to spot the tiny nymph ticks.
thanks
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No, the temps are not going to kill them always. Maybe if they came from Alaska. That's why they get under the bark.
You will see a nymph if you are lucky enough to look down and it's crawling on your arm or if you happen to feel it latch on and start to itch.
I try to find the story from a few years ago that ran in the national press in some papers. A family I think it was Florida and the ticks crawling all over their house after a couple days of bringing in tree. Once they get in the warm house they come out to find a meal.
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Thanks for the links. My parents just bought the tree into the house today. I call it the tick tree and they just look at me. Dad says cant be ticks its too cold...of course i know better.
Luckily i spend most of my time upstairs in my apartment...but im still afraid of the tick risk....sigh
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for those of us with artificial trees and want the real smell, perhaps getting a blob of sap from the side of a norway spruce, and dabbing some 'here and there' on the artif. tree would help.
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