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adirienzo
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Member # 19993

posted

Saw this on the news this morning. NECN. It said

that in Rhode Island the deer tick population

was 54% higher this year than the same time last year.

Thought this was interesting considering I live

very close to the RI border. Massachsetts never

comments on this. Atleast not that I have seen

so far.

I believe the weather is contributing to this as

we have had an exceptionally wet and cool two

months now. No heat to speak of really.

Posts: 31 | From north attleboro, ma | Registered: Apr 2009 | IP: Logged |

bettyg
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posted

IOWA'S deep population is up as well!

our local deer task group posted their findings the other day here; twice as many as before.

they are allowing bow hunters to do this; but not that many have signed up.

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ThatColorGreen
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Member # 16016

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in a few weeks, my cousin, aunt and her dog were all diagnosed w/LD after finding ticks eating away at them...

all in Jamestown, RI...

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...trying to be the coffee bean, not the egg.

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jtavares76
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Member # 19216

posted

I live on the Massachusetts/RI border as well and everyone I talk to has noticed an increase in the tick population.

My cousin found a deer tick imbedded in her dog. Several days later, she found one crawling across her arm, luckily it didn't have a chance to imbed itself.

Makes me laugh b/c all the docs tell me there are no deer ticks in our area....how the hell did I get Lyme then?

JT

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