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I went to a park in the Hamptons this weekend with my wife and it was loaded with Lonestar ticks.
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Well Texas wan't big enough for them I suppose because they are all over Long Island too =)
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YEEEEE HAAAAAA! Just slap a saddle on 'em and ride off into the sunset! (Can you actually ride west from The Hamptons without hitting water? ) Seriously - Can't recall right off hand, but mature LST's are pretty large, aren't they?
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The ones I saw were probably near an 1/8th of an inch. The white dot was prominent.
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Well if they are official residents of the Lonestar state hopefully they'll head back from their vacation soon!
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I have also heard that they are extremely aggressive.
Went to UOS screening in May and the LDA president spoke of a man who studies ticks. Had a jar full of Lonestar ticks and when he removed the lid they immediately crawled out onto his hand.
Eeeeewwwwwww....
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SSSooooo, what your telling me is that ticks don't stick to the states they are "supposed" to originate from????
I am from NC and my bite was from a Lonestar Tick. Supposedly, because I have ehrlichiosis, which comes from that tick.
Are you trying to tell me that the ticks from down south managed to get up North?? How crazy is that because "supposedly" I can't have lyme because I am from the south. So, maybe it is possible for a northern tick to get down south to bite southerners......could someone clue the ISDA and the CDC in about this information.
Yes, sorry I am being sarcastic, but all this mumbo jumbo they give us about not knowing what is wrong with us!!
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Tutu...I thought everything was bigger in Texas?? No?
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FOr what it's worth, lone star ticks, in addition to deer ticks are known to inhabit NJ. So it IS possible that they could just hop onto a train up to the Hamptons, take the kids to the beach, and grab a quick bite to eat...
As to everything being bigger in Texas...New Yorkers (and us folks from Jersey!) have a reputation for plenty of attitude, and cojones bigger and brassier than most any others.
So perhaps those Lone star ticks feel right at home around here. kp
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quote:Originally posted by Ocean: Tutu...I thought everything was bigger in Texas?? No?
Absolutely true!!
Lymemommy: You mean to tell me that someone in NJ knows what cojones are!!!???? OMG!!
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LOL! Snort, snort... Well I almost don't know what to say...LOL!
It might be interesting to see if the wealthy folks in The Hamptons start spending all their money on Lyme tx and hopefully running their mouths to their Congressperson, Senators, Governors, etc. to get policies changed.
After all, they are them . LOL!
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P.S. - What's that name of that new TV show about the out of work doc working in The Hampton's?
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