its Chigger season !!!!

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[center][/center][center]this is a deer tic. [/center] [center]it dose not look like the tic I have but of couce as you said this one may not be of the explocive condition just yet.[/center]

the one I have is Oval in shape Pea soup green in color and its legs will not suport its weight, it cant carwl around but it has tremendous holding on power. it has two antena like tendicals which can reach out and rap around hair and not let go.

here is a link to a deer tick bite picture that caries lime desease

[url "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/frankd/Emrash2.jpg"]http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/frankd/Emrash2.jpg[/url]

here are links to the rocky mountain spotted fever [ol] [li][url "http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rmsf/"]http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rmsf/[/url][/li] [li][url "http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rocky.html"]http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rocky.html[/url][/li] [li][url "http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/iac/greentip/gt1145.pdf"]http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/iac/greentip/gt1145.pdf[/url][/li] [li][url "http://64.233.161.104/custom?q=cache:z1jfGZ_JEEkJ:www.michigan.gov/documents/mda_tickborneillness_10349_7.pdf+tick+species+michigan&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-2406544432486146"]http://64.233.161.104/custom?q=cache:z1jfGZ_JEEkJ:www.michigan.gov/documents/mda_tickborneillness_10349_7.pdf+tick+species+michigan&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-2406544432486146[/url][/li][/ol]

[center]all are a must read for every outdoorsman and parrent, it just may save a life...[/center] [center] [/center] [center]here is another link to the life cycle of a chigger[/center] [center][url "http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html"]http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [li][url "http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html"]Chiggers[/url] (Includes several chigger picture links)
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland [li][url "http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/insects/chiggers.html"]Chiggers[/url]
Univ Arizona [li][url "http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/chiggers/"]Chiggers![/url]
Nina Bicknese, Missouri dept conservation [li][url "http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/pests/g07398.htm"]Chiggers[/url]
Richard M. Houseman, Bruce A. Barrett, Univ Missouri extension [li][url "http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/L-1223.html"]Chiggers[/url] (For treating chigger bites, scroll to "Reducing the itching")
Phillip J. Hamman, Area Extension Entomologist Texas A&M University System [li][url "http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG085"]Chiggers[/url]
P. G. Koehler, F. M. Oi, Univ Florida cooperative extension service [li]MEDLINEplus Health Encyclopedia : [url "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001333.htm"]Chiggers[/url]
A.D.A.M. / National Library of Medicine [li][url "http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/nitrous/20bi.htm"]Chigger bites[/url] (Includes several pictures of chigger bites)
John L. Bezzant, Univ Utah [li][url "http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html"]Chiggers[/url] (For treating chigger bites, scroll to "Control measures: Skin care")
William F. Lyon, Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet. [li][url "http://www.oklahomapoison.org/general/chiggers.asp"]First aid for chigger bites[/url] (Treating chigger bites)
Oklahoma Univ [/li]


[#ff0000]Needless to say this tick and chigger business is serious stuff... dont take chances....[/#ff0000]
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