Sanilac Co. Michigan | pat-michigan - 4/20/2025 18:07
My neighbor in the UP of Michigan was one of the first to be diagnosed as having a Lonestar tick bite in Michigan. He has a ton of trouble with anything other than fish meat wise. He thinks he's getting better as far as the after effects go (he was diagnosed 5 or 6 years ago) , but then he'll try to eat some meat and it comes right back.
My sister-in-law one of the researchers at Michigan Tech doing a study on ticks, and their various issues each kind may give someone. Kind of spooky. We never saw ticks that I remember in the Thumb of Michigan the entire 66 years I lived there, but here in tyhe UP they're very common. Many different types, luckily, I've never dug a Lonestar Tick off me at the end of the day.
Pat, I never saw a tick in these parts until @20 years ago and then it was on the eyelid of a groundhog I shot. Now, real common. Buck I shot opening day had a big one on its brisket. Cats and dogs pretty regular and once or twice a year on someone in the family.
I blame it on the long term effects of withdrawing DDT from the environment. That stuff probably saved more human lives then we can ever realize here and in some of the more benighted corners of this world. That's my opinion, anyway. |
Lone Star tick bite and the hell it has brought our friend
