Ixodes warning

Did you mean mosquitos that we grow here in Wisconsin?
 
When I was a youngster, ticks were a good size problem in our area. We had about 5 different kinds along with chiggers (we called them red bugs) Seed ticks, yearling ticks, large speck back ticks, speck back ticks without the speck, and dog ticks (which were probably over filled speck backs).
The only ticks that I have seen in the last 20 years or so have been on the belly of an outdoor dog. I’ve been told that another pestilence that moved in is responsible for the reduction of ticks and the near elimination of our quail. Known as the Imported Fire Ant. Not sure which is worse ants or ticks.
I guess there is some sort of critter everywhere that causes problems.
 
The latest annoyance is Asian beetles. While not harmful, they are not very welcome in the house. How they get
in I have no idea. My neighbor has a lot more of then I do thankfully. I'm sure the chickens are eating them so
in a way I am eating since I have eggs for breakfast. It's all good protein.
 
If you want to control your tick problem, just get some African Guinea Fowl birds and let them clean up the tick mess (also grasshoppers, flies, crickets, etc.)
 
SLK001 said:
If you want to control your tick problem, just get some African Guinea Fowl birds and let them clean up the tick mess (also grasshoppers, flies, crickets, etc.)
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That's a good thought, however it would only work for the immediate homestead area. My activities of wood cutting and
things like morel hunting or metal detecting takes me miles from home.
 
cathead said:
The latest annoyance is Asian beetles. While not harmful, they are not very welcome in the house. How they get
in I have no idea. My neighbor has a lot more of then I do thankfully. I'm sure the chickens are eating them so
in a way I am eating since I have eggs for breakfast. It's all good protein.
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I haven't driven the Chevy in about a month due to the price of diesel. Here's the accumulation of stink bugs on the dash in that period. (Yes, the windows were up). They are an invasive species with little natural predators, but apparently skunks eat them. My wife and I joke that this is how the skunks recharge their spray ;)
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We have considered guinea fowl for ticks. The deer run the old fence line by our house, as that is a path between wooded areas, and that keeps a high tick count between the house and the shop. That fence line was at one time a property border between farm fields and was quite overgrown as is common for farms. Don't want to cut out all the trees as it gives a nice privacy barrier on the east side of the house, but I've been working on cutting out the underbrush so I can keep it well trimmed.
 
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They are back in full force here also Rab ! I used to swat them with a badmitten racket but it attracted MORE ! :oops:
 
mmcmdl said:
They are back in full force here also Rab ! I used to swat them with a badmitten racket but it attracted MORE ! :oops:
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I save the badmitten racket for the carpenter bees. :)
 
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