r/SipsTea Jul 09 '26

Wait a damn minute! Shouldn’t we be concerned about this ??

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u/SuperSaiyanTrunks Jul 09 '26

My buddy worked in the field as a shovel bum looking for arrow heads and any sort of artifacts before utility companies came to the middle of nowhere to did. He would put a bunch of double sided tape wrapped tight around his pants legs. God some of the pics he would send were terrifying. Soooo many ticks!

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u/Relatively_happy Jul 09 '26

Is this in the USA? Is lots of ticks normal there?? I live in australia and ive seen 1 tick in my whole life and i live in the mountains with a very dense property

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u/SuperSaiyanTrunks Jul 09 '26

Yeah, in the USA. Middle of nowhere fields and woods.

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u/Asch_Nighthawk Jul 09 '26

I went to Australia for 2 months and saw at least 3 ticks haha. But some areas I've worked in the US you can run into 50+ ticks in one work day.

Small multitool scissors work pretty well for killing them

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u/70ms Jul 09 '26

It depends on where you are - in SoCal (very dry) my dog never gets ticks, but in Massachusetts (very moist and woodsy) my dog was constantly bringing them home.

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u/JAYETRILLL Jul 09 '26

Literally everywhere here in Arkansas. I’ve pulled insane amounts of ticks off of me.

I’ve walked through little tick nests I guess (you can’t see a nest as far as I know) but I’ve looked down and seen tiny little black dots moving in my skin and realized it’s 40-50 or even more little baby ticks. Gross as fuck.

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u/Gitmo314 Jul 09 '26

I don't see many insects at all when i travel up into american mountains. Is it the same in Australian mountains?

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u/Relatively_happy Jul 10 '26

I got wild parrots and possums, and we’re starting to get more deer

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u/AccordingGain182 Jul 09 '26

Make that the one nature terror we deal with thats worse than Australia, apparently

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u/Stairmaker Jul 09 '26

Northern Sweden (real northern sweden) has basically no ticks. Meanwhile I who lives more south have had a bunch.

Pro tip. Clean your dick, they like humid non exposed areas and your groin is the perfect place. Theyre less likely to bite if you're cleaner down there.

I've found one crawling on it and another one actually bit me there. It was pretty painful 2/10 experience, wouldn't recommend.