The ticks were bad today
05-31-2009, 05:37 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Moravia NY USA
Posts: 2,164
RE: The ticks were bad today
Did PS release them in NY as well?
Cause we have them here.
Of course you have proof you can post - I have internet trust issues.
Cause we have them here.
trust me, PENNSTATE FORESTRY RELEASED THEM.
05-31-2009, 11:36 AM
#22
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW PA USA
Posts: 7,220
RE: The ticks were bad today
Penn State could have released them but they wouldn't be the first
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/
Apparently those stinky Asian ladybugs have been in the US since 1916.
When they get in an attic, it can be a real pain. The lodge where we stay in Illinois has had big problems with them. On warm October days, the owner will fill his 5 gallon shop vac with em daily. They do smell awful too. kind of like damp moldy dirt
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/
Apparently those stinky Asian ladybugs have been in the US since 1916.
When they get in an attic, it can be a real pain. The lodge where we stay in Illinois has had big problems with them. On warm October days, the owner will fill his 5 gallon shop vac with em daily. They do smell awful too. kind of like damp moldy dirt
05-31-2009, 01:40 PM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Townsend, DE US
Posts: 6,429
RE: The ticks were bad today
Ticks are lthe worst I have ever seen them in Delaware, I do a 30 min walk everyday in a woods, have to stay on the groomed trails and douse myself with Perm and cutter for mosquitos each time before I walk....
05-31-2009, 02:16 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,879
RE: The ticks were bad today
I pick up at least 3 or 4 ticks every time I pick strawberries even though I put on bug spray. AS yet . I haven't been bitten this year, but I have been bitten at least 30-40 times over the last 10 years. When we were kids we never had to worry about ticks, but back then we didn't have any deer.
06-01-2009, 05:38 AM
#26
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: The ticks were bad today
Since we just had one of the wettest Springs on record they're verybad here so far. Yesterday I walked to the end of my back yard and back, a distance of a little over250 yards, and found six ticks on me. Time to break out the Ortho Max! [:@]
06-01-2009, 06:08 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,262
RE: The ticks were bad today
The ticks are bad and have been bad for a long time.Like coyotes,they've been here for decades and no one released them.Why would anyone release something that really serves no purpose?For the life of me,I could never find any use for ticks or deer flies.Horrible creatures
I'd like to see them disposed of but I don't know how you could kill them without killing other beneficial bugs.
I have horses andfrom what I understand,they can get lymes disease.However,I know alot of people that have horses and I don't know anyone who's horse ever contracted it.Regadless,I don't like ticks crawling on my horses anymore than I like them crawling on me.The solution is permethrin.I buy it in the form of permanone and spray my cloths wth it.For my horses,I buy it in a concentrated form and spray them down whenever we take them on trail rides.Two weeks ago,we did about 15 miles in elk state forest and neevr had a tick on us or the horses.You can also buy fly spray that has 5% permethrin in it.It works.
I'd like to see them disposed of but I don't know how you could kill them without killing other beneficial bugs.
I have horses andfrom what I understand,they can get lymes disease.However,I know alot of people that have horses and I don't know anyone who's horse ever contracted it.Regadless,I don't like ticks crawling on my horses anymore than I like them crawling on me.The solution is permethrin.I buy it in the form of permanone and spray my cloths wth it.For my horses,I buy it in a concentrated form and spray them down whenever we take them on trail rides.Two weeks ago,we did about 15 miles in elk state forest and neevr had a tick on us or the horses.You can also buy fly spray that has 5% permethrin in it.It works.
06-01-2009, 07:07 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: The ticks were bad today
ORIGINAL: bluebird2
You did not call them Lady bugs in your post, you called them aphids. Lady bugs and stink bugs are not aphids.
Do you know who we can sue for introducing multiflora rose?
i called them LADY BUGS and people said,SPROUL THEY ARE APHID BUGS,now you call them STINK BUGS.
Do you know who we can sue for introducing multiflora rose?
as for rose, no i never heard of pennstateputting them out.
also i just did talk to PENNSTATE AND THEY DID RELEASE lady bugs AND Asian bettles. they said they did not release the BOXFELLER.
06-01-2009, 07:14 AM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: The ticks were bad today
ORIGINAL: BTBowhunter
Penn State could have released them but they wouldn't be the first
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/
Apparently those stinky Asian ladybugs have been in the US since 1916.
When they get in an attic, it can be a real pain. The lodge where we stay in Illinois has had big problems with them. On warm October days, the owner will fill his 5 gallon shop vac with em daily. They do smell awful too. kind of like damp moldy dirt
Penn State could have released them but they wouldn't be the first
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/
Apparently those stinky Asian ladybugs have been in the US since 1916.
When they get in an attic, it can be a real pain. The lodge where we stay in Illinois has had big problems with them. On warm October days, the owner will fill his 5 gallon shop vac with em daily. They do smell awful too. kind of like damp moldy dirt
