Southern New Hampshire – Beware of October Deer Ticks

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Working in the back yard, both my wife and I were bitten by  suspect Deer Tick Larva/Nymphs (see magnified images) on October 2nd.

Ixodes scapularis typically lays eggs in the spring. These hatch into larva in the summer. The following spring, nymphs feed and then molt into adults later in the fall. Adult females will seek a blood meal and lay eggs the following spring, completing the lifecycle.

 

We discovered them within one day, thus should not have any medical concerns

Beware -These infinitesimally small deer ticks are much smaller than a sesame seed.

Accordingly, I sprayed my clothes and sneakers with permethrin. Ticks hate it.

 

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.