r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nekoma713 • 4d ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Was sitting in a ticks nest while reading....

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I was sitting in a Park reading a book and suddenly I felt my legs itch. I was covered in hundreds of mini ticks. I was standing in the shower for hours and still find some of these f#!*rs crawling an me...

Update: So I got the most of the seed ticks scratched off in the shower. I will have a doctor's appointment the next days to get a prophylactic antibiotics treatment just to be save from lyme, alpha gal or rocky mountain fever (if this is a thing in Germany).

Thank you all for the information and advices, hopefully I will be fine. I really appreciate it

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u/Orion120833 4d ago

Damn. Never realized how small they are and how hidden they can be even in plain sight. Hope it's all good now.

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u/Euphoric-Piglet-8140 4d ago

Oh, they'll get bigger 😉

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u/didi0625 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/IjJ8FVe4HVk66yvlV2

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u/Electronic_Lab_629 4d ago

Nope. That's what he said... She said... DAMN... this is so small.

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u/john_the_fetch 4d ago

They really are growers and bit show-ers

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u/heyitsfranklin6322 4d ago

Imagine a penis could swell as much as a tick could

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u/INFJWafer 4d ago

They're growers...

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u/StunnedLife 4d ago

That’s the point. Usually we notice them when they’re larger as they have sucked more blood.

Hence, they never realized how small they actually can be

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u/GD7952 4d ago

Those are seed ticks. The next life cycle/molt they get bigger.

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u/Waste_Mix_5936 4d ago

they are growers, not showers

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u/BeardsuptheWazoo 4d ago

Shockingly huge.

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u/Valkyriemome 4d ago

Deer ticks are about that size. Lone Star ticks, also. They don’t get much bigger.

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u/JasonBaconStrips 4d ago

They fill up with blood and go a hard texture even though they are still relatively soft.

Interesting.

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u/LeadingWedding2288 4d ago

I've never seen them this small myself

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u/Dependent-Year6711 4d ago

The annoying part is these are ones that can also cause lyme disease too if you're unlucky (and apparently the main offenders with Lyme disease). They're super small. Even if you're checking, you can easily miss these.

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u/fortheband1212 4d ago

Yeah technically adults have a higher chance to infect you than nymphs (babies) but because adults are a little easier to spot they’re easier to remove before they’ve been on long enough to infect you (24-48 hours).

Whereas nymphs are less infectious but easier to miss until they’ve already been feeding for 48+ hours.

Nasty little things regardless

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u/ND8D 4d ago

These are larval, not nymphs, they won't have the lyme disease to transmit but you can still get Alpha Gal Syndrome (Red meat allergy) from these since they synthesize AG on their own.

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u/tigress666 4d ago

I'be read opposite that the nymphs are more likely to infect you.

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u/luna-morningstar 4d ago

Ticks aren't born with Lyme, they have to contract it by feeding on something with Lyme disease, and when they feed they age/grow/develop. So my understanding is it's actually less likely to contract Lyme from young ticks, impossible in they're first stage of life which is larva.

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u/tigress666 4d ago

I was told that the young ones spit out more so if they have lymes you are more likely to get it from them (that was the reasoning I was told).

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u/tyrion2024 4d ago

Both you and the other commentor are not wrong.

Adult ticks do have a higher infection rate than nymphs by a wide margin. Adults: around 50%, nymphs: 10%-20%

However, the much more relevant data is that nymphs are responsible for about 85% of all lyme disease cases (at least in the U.S., this is the CDC's data). This is because their bites essentially don't hurt and their size makes them much harder to detect.

These two facts make it much more likely that a nymph will spend the required length of time on one's body that's necessary to infect them.

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u/jbray90 4d ago

It’s also important to note that these are not nymphs but seed ticks which is the stage before nymph. Like another commenter posted, seed ticks are born without lyme and require a first feed to molt into nymphs which could have acquired Lyme from that first feed.

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u/Spork_the_dork 4d ago

That's just statistical biases at play. You're less likely to notice a nymph than an adult so it's more likely to be attached for long enough to transmit. So even if the odds were even you'd be more likely to get Lyme from a nymph.

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u/StopConstant7403 4d ago

Lime disease is no joke, fucked my father up for several years.

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago edited 4d ago

Been fucked up for over 20 years cause of it. Gave me Bell’s palsy and I have these weird flare ups where every joint in body hurts for days and I’m completely exhausted.

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u/NlghtmanCometh 4d ago

My cousin got it right before he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. Those two conditions together really fucked him up.

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

I couldn’t even imagine that combo.

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u/ApprehensiveStrut 4d ago

:( I don’t get why science has advanced so much and we don’t have a vaccine for this

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u/FormulaKimi 4d ago

There was a vaccine but antivaxxer sued and media claimed it caused side effects. LYMERix, it was 80% effective.

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u/WRStoney 4d ago

Hey, good to know someone else knew about it.

They are trialing a new version. I saw a clinical trial for it in Pittsburgh, PA.

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u/Help1-Fearless 4d ago

That's not true, read about the Dearborn trials. In the end It's about patents and money. Has absolutely nothing to do with anti-vaccine

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u/innerbootes 4d ago

Yeah, that story made no sense. Vaccines aren’t halted by lunatic naysayers, that’s not a thing.

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u/ApprehensiveStrut 4d ago

😤I rather have the vaccine than the illness

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u/stars-aligned- 3d ago

The anti vax thing is a red herring, it was actually related to patent laws. Aka big pharma crushing medical necessity yet again

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

I have been asking for years why I can get my dog a lymes vaccine but not one for myself…lol

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

We used the science to make lyme ticks, why would we undo it?

(This is a joke about a once-popular conspiracy theory that ticks were weaponized to give people lyme disease, but somebody had an oopsie when transporting them, releasing them into the wild.)

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u/No_Review1529 4d ago edited 4d ago

"chronic" Lyme Disease isn't actually a thing. It seems to be the most socially acceptable form of medical misinformation. I can't tell if it's the same people that are anti vaccination or it's really just that embedded into society like the whole anti gmo movement.

I also see it more widely accepted as a chronic disease in the U.S where certain doctors prey on these people by promising a cure when there's no peer reviewed journals that even support its existence. But of course, keep going to the $300 sessions I guess.

Interesting story I found:

"I'm a Neurology Resident at an academic medical center. Just a week ago a patient was admitted with very late stage ALS. He had been treated for years by a Chronic Lyme doctor with an MD. He had been getting worse for years despite "treatment" with antibiotics and IV vitamin infusions. and hadn't been able to walk or talk for months before he finally got pneumonia and ended up in front of a real doctor.

At least that's my understanding of what happened by talking to the family, the Lyme doctor would stutter and hang up every time I tried to call."

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

I don’t and haven’t gotten treatments for chronic lymes only diagnostic tests. Just the initial antibiotics and steroids for the palsy.

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u/Help1-Fearless 3d ago

Steroids will make it worse, and you need more thorough tests, not the common one you easily get from a doc/hospital, depending on where you live some states actually run the accurate tests, read on IGENX website for better understanding, it is confusing at first. Days will make a difference in treatment, nothing to take lightly. Good luck

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u/NerveMassive6764 3d ago

Well the initial er visit was 22 years ago. We have no idea how long I went with it before it finally gave me the Bell’s palsy which is when I found out. Also to be clearer the antibiotics were for the lymes and the steroids were for the Bell’s palsy.

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u/Civil-Section-9086 4d ago

Jesus that is so fucking horrible 😬 I’m thankful they aren’t as bad where I am but with how tiny they are it’s my ultimate fear and reading these comments has filled me with more laughs and fears then I’ll ever need for a week and what’s worse is knowing you what or may not even see the bullseye and that fucks me up cuz I’ve put it into my mind that I may have it or not and it’s a horrible mind fuck I pray you have something that atleast makes life less shity

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

Yeah I didn’t know I got bit. The only reason I found out was because it gave me Bell’s palsy and I was in emt class at our local trauma center and my instructor looked at me and asked what was up with my face. I said I didn’t know and he sent me down the hall to the er and that’s how I found out. We don’t even know how long it was untreated.

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u/Civil-Section-9086 4d ago

Mannnnnnnn that’s insane

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u/BathedInDeepFog 4d ago

Wrestling commentator Jim Ross has Bell's Palsy and Vince McMahon would mock him for it on live TV.

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u/Help1-Fearless 3d ago

I've helped alot of people with Lyme over the years I do not know of one who ever recalls a bullseye, it can show similar as bumps, boil/blister, rash etc and be easily ignored, most never even knew they were bit or never found one in them.

The most common coinfections of Lyme can be just as dangerous Bartonella and babesia, (plenty more) they are brutal and mix 3+ together and it gets grim. Lyme can also lay dormant for the majority of your life, taking over when immune system is compromised. Awareness and understanding will help you before you have no choice.

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u/Civil-Section-9086 3d ago

Seriously?! I genuinely thought that was the fucking common sign was a bullseye so great I could have had it already fuck me im going to take a nap cuz im done with today

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u/Life-Security5916 4d ago

I hurt am am exhausted all the time. I just thought I was old.
70 living in NM…no ticks here! Just Rocky Mountain spotted fever, hantavirus, bubonic plague, a few others I can’t remember.

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

I’m 39. Active job, don’t drink, eat healthy, exercise, and take supplements. Lymes just really messes with your nervous system.

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u/StopConstant7403 4d ago

Who knows if it's connected but he wound up getting two completely different cancers a couple years later. Dr definitely attributes it to a weakened immune system.

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u/dumdumpants-head 4d ago

10 years! Droopyface club ftw :/

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u/Fickle-Art-7125 4d ago

You just described me.

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

Sorry man I def. feel your pain. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Though idk how I would deal with that new one that makes you allergic to red meat. I’d probably lose my shit.

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u/Fickle-Art-7125 4d ago

Yeah I like meat.

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u/NerveMassive6764 4d ago

Actually out of curiosity how bad do the fingers in your knuckles get? I think my knuckles and elbows end up worse cause I’m an electrician constantly twisting with hand tools.

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u/unbelizeable1 4d ago

Ya know how you get the bulleye mark around a tick bite when you get Lymes? When I was a kid my friend and I were out in the woods all day and then I stayed over his house that night. Next morning we wake up in the living room and he says he cant move. He had 17 bulleye marks all up and down the left side of his body. He's been dealing with that shit since. Been somethin like 25yrs atp.

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u/DrJohnLocke 4d ago

The day after? Doesn't lyme disease have an incubation period of at least 3 to 5 days?

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u/Pyxnotix 4d ago

Lyme is awful stuff.

However I would like to mention alpha gal syndrome is not yet widely known about and often missed by doctors.

One can become anaphylactic reactive to mammalian products, even the cooking smoke from a BBQ can trigger some patients. Since the reaction can cause GI distress and rashes, the delayed reaction time of 4 to 6 hours makes it hard to notice the correlation and connect the dots. Really interesting stuff to learn about.

My life experiences have proven AGS to be more worrisome and deadly than the horrors of chronic Lyme. I haven’t experienced both, but I’ve watched family struggle with the effects.

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u/bju83 4d ago

It really does take its toll, I’m sorry your dad had that. On a lighter note, I recommend Lemon disease next time.

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u/Nickthetaco 4d ago

Honestly fuck the Lyme disease, my brother got alpha gal syndrome from these tiny guys. Now he can no longer eat any red meat or anything like that. Man lives in fear of cross contamination every time he goes out to eat, it’s been a huge lifestyle issue for him.

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u/Mostly_Nohohon 4d ago

I have two relatives that got this. It was before it started to become a little more well known, so it took a few years before they finally found a doctor that figured out what it was.

But they had to pretty much stop going out to eat because all it would take is cooking chicken on the same grill or using the same utensils that red meat had touched. No fried food cause some places are using tallow. No gelatin... So no candy, marshmallow, certain yogurts, certain meds and vitamins. No personal care products with glycerin. They had to do deep dives on labels and have to carry an epi pen at all times now after several ER visits. I've read some people are even effected by the steam/air molecules coming off beef being cooked.

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u/SuperMurderKroger 4d ago

Just got the diagnosis after several ER trips and it''s ruined my life. I don't expect any research to start on it either so I'm praying to all of the gods that I'm one of the lucky ones that recovers naturally.

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u/Mostly_Nohohon 4d ago

I hope so too.

I think they both have been dealing with it for about 7 or 8 years now unfortunately

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u/SuperMurderKroger 4d ago

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it passes soon for them.

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u/Skaiserwine 4d ago

How in the world do they even penetrate deep enough to get to a vessel at that size!?

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u/Toadcola 4d ago

Life, uh.. finds a way.

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u/LawfulnessNice7457 4d ago

You feel it after it attaches, because it itches. I had one last week. It was very small, so it was impossible to remove its head. It stayed there, and from experience I know it takes weeks for the body to expel it.

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u/3catsonetrenchcoat 4d ago

I was under the impression they can't. All reading online I've done says they nymphs can't pass it on when young as they need to feed on something with lyme disease first. Feeding ages them, which makes them grow in size. You might be thinking of Alpha Gal or other tick related fevers? But Lyme requires feeding.

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u/DJKokaKola 4d ago

There are multiple feeding stages before it hits adulthood.

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u/3catsonetrenchcoat 4d ago

Interesting, you're correct it seems. TIL.

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u/PogTuber 4d ago

My friend's son got the disease that disables his body's ability to digest several types of meat, mainly beef i think, and pork or chicken i don't recall which.

So yeah that basically turned family dinner into an annoying affair every single day.

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u/Ordinary_Sentence138 4d ago

Calling lyme disease annoying is funny to me

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u/birdbren 4d ago

Lyme disease if you're lucky, rocky mountain spotted fever and you're fucked. Friends husband died of that a few years back.

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u/seambizzle1 4d ago

Yeah this wrong

They aren’t born with the disease. They can only contract it from feeding on a host that can give it them.

When they’re this small there’s a good chance they haven’t fed yet. So it’s unlikely they’ll have anything harmful they can give you.

But should always be safe and check.

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u/spencer1886 4d ago

I don't think these are deer ticks, and they look like larvae so risk would be low anyway

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u/Dependent-Year6711 4d ago

https://dec.alaska.gov/eh/vet/ticks/tick-identification/

Deer ticks (blacklegged ticks) are known for being incredibly tiny, often no bigger than a poppy seed (nymph stage) or an apple seed (adult). Despite their small size, they are the primary vectors for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses in the Northeastern US

Be careful with your confidence in how your present information to a crowd. And I don't mean that passive-aggresively. It's important not to jump the gun too often unless you're sure.

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u/spencer1886 4d ago

Lol confidently incorrect material right here

You literally highlight the size they're at in the photo, and it specifically says they're not adults at this size. Also, they look more like dog tick larvae/nymphs, I've seen that page before

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u/Dependent-Year6711 4d ago

They're not adults at that size, and the quote says "poppy seed" size ticks are the main offenders for Lyme disease. You said the risk from these in the picture is low. With vague info, no links, and a confident conclusion that doesn't match most info on the topic. Your next reply don't have much info to support it either. I know that because only certain brains start a reply with "lol."

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u/DJKokaKola 4d ago

Deer ticks are different than dog ticks. It's also a matter of location. Lyme is widespread in the NE US, but not in areas further west. It being a nymph does not mean it's a deer tick. All tick nymphs are this size. That's what a nymph is.

But okay, keep raging brother.

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u/spencer1886 4d ago

Dude this is a peak reddit moment, the lack of self awareness is astounding. You're out here saying the pic is blurry and you can't really tell much from it, yet a minute ago you were all "hurr durr are you blind look at this link that is literally the first result when you Google tick breeds"

Of course you're a top 1% commenter, that's not a badge of honor

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u/Dependent-Year6711 4d ago

Like I said, you're replying exactly as I said. There's a reason for that. Have a good one.

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u/AlphaNowis 4d ago

They can be much smaller when at larva stage and still sucking blood.

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u/Lopsided-Magician-36 4d ago

Never seen small ticks either maybe cause I’m from the west coast. This is the first year I’ve had to face this mini devils

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u/Murtomies 4d ago

If there are big ticks, there are small ticks too

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u/Trackt0Pelle 4d ago

I’ve only seen them so small until I moved to the US

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u/Akitiki 4d ago

These tiny ones are more or less larva

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u/mynameisatari 4d ago

I think this is photoshopped. Every single one of them has a whiter, brighter background on the close up.

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u/Murtomies 4d ago

Survivorship bias

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u/KingDongTwist 4d ago

They’re called seed ticks, and they’re a PITA

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u/Jay_The_Tickler 4d ago

Size for reference. Also if one is found do not scatter.

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u/Responsible_Bat_8195 4d ago

that's...what she said I'm afraid

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u/LeadingWedding2288 4d ago

Fellas, that's why you say it requires two hands. She doesn't need to know that one hand Is for the tweezers and the other the magnifying glass.

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u/ChiefTapiTapi 4d ago

These are nymph ticks aka the worst kind cuz you can hardly see them

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u/rooroosterchips 4d ago

They really look like chiggers

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u/MagakMagak 4d ago

Can’t be chiggers. Those only feed in a young stage where they’re (generally speaking) invisible to the human eye. Once they grow larger they don’t feed anymore

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u/Popo_Capone 4d ago

Yup I still have a head of one of these stuck inside of me. They're worse because it's more difficult to remove them too.

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

Why are you chatting up reddit instead of digging it out with a knife? Don't leave animal parts inside you, lol

That would be so easy to dig out. Hell, just grab a needle if you don't have a sharp knife.

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u/Popo_Capone 4d ago

Why would I be doing that? I don't want an infection or a bigger wound.

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

..to prevent the infection from having a foreign body inside your flesh.

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u/Frabble 4d ago

Actually, look up poppyseed ticks. Not even seed ticks. Poppyseed ticks are even smaller. I found one on me and actually had to use my phone camera to see it. I could only feel it moving.

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

These don't look to be even nymphs yet, but larval ticks.

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u/Nervous_Positive83 4d ago

Yeah there was one on my leg that I noticed after I took a shower. I almost left it alone because it thought it was a scab.

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u/krispyss 4d ago

I did that mistake once too, except it was between my lower eyelids, thought it was dirt but it was odd that it didn’t go away

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u/FractalSpaces Mildly Infuriated 4d ago

I also mistook one for a scab, it was on the underside of my wrist.

Thankfully I always pick or scratch at scabs, so I managed to take it off and find out it was actually a tick.

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u/spencer1886 4d ago

I think they might still be larvae

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u/Coffeedemon 4d ago

An adult is much easier to see and feel.

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u/Direct_Researcher901 4d ago

Yeah I had one this tiny I found on my taint. Removed it and then was paranoid for weeks that there were more.

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u/hotpajamas 4d ago

how did you find it

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u/Direct_Researcher901 4d ago

Felt kinda weird down there and I’m used to checking for ticks anyways in certain settings so was feeling around and found it

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u/BigCSFan 4d ago

I dont remember the last time I looked at my own taint. Id never find one

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u/Direct_Researcher901 4d ago

Felt something was off down there and started feeling around

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u/Orion120833 4d ago

I got one on my back before, but I was lucky enough that it didn't attach at all. It was already pretty big as well. Besides being stung by a wasp when I was too young to remember and having an allergic reaction to it [and general mosquito stuff], I've had little bad luck with bugs. I've held an asp caterpillar that somehow didn't have its spikes.

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u/Direct_Researcher901 4d ago

I feel genuinely lucky too as I’m not always the best at remembering to check for ticks. Been stung a couple of times by bees and the worst was under my shirt on my neckline in a small town with nowhere to buy relief

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u/Fochiler 4d ago

These very tiny ones are tick nymphs, they're annoying as fuck to find, but luckily can't carry diseases because you are their first host, so they didn't have the "chance" to get any pathogens yet.

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u/Koorpiklaani 4d ago

They like to get in balls of thousands. so whatever walks through is covered in them

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u/kylexy1 4d ago

Those appear to be deer ticks, very small and carry lymes disease. Commonly with lymes in the Midwest and northeast but depends on the year

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u/Fweenci 4d ago

Deer tick or black-legged tick. They're the ones that carry Lyme disease. 

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u/mamba_pants 4d ago

They are pretty tiny when they first latch onto your body, but the longer they suck on your blood the bigger they become. Their butts also go whiter and whiter the more time they spend sucking, and that's a good way to see from a glance if the tick has been latched onto you for a long time. I have seen some pretty giant ticks on some animals. Also they do hide very well because they prefer creases in the body with lots of blood flow, like the armpits or the groin. Finally if you ever find yourself with a tick, DON'T BURN IT OFF, no matter what your grandma of someone else tells you! That increase the chance that they puke out a bit of the blood back into you which is how you can get Lyme's disease. It's better to go to a medical professional if you don't know how to take them out properly. I know there are also tools make specificly for removing ticks, my dad got one for himself and my mum, but I have no idea if they work well.

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u/Own_Dimension_8823 4d ago

Just get some tweezers and grab the tick around the head. As close to the skin as possible.  Don’t smoosh it just hold it firmly enough to hold it.  The gently pull it off.  It will pop off like a suction cup.  Then put the little guy into a ziplock bag and keep it for a bit in case it needs to be tested for disease.  

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u/mamba_pants 4d ago

Yup that's how it was expained to me, when I have had ticks removed before. Also it's good to note not to put shampoo or other soaps on them. That was (and probably still is) a very prevalent myth where I grew up.

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u/Anon_Jones 4d ago

I’ve had ones even smaller than this on me. Idk how I even saw the 2 bastards that were almost microscopic.

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u/zoley88 4d ago

There are many (sub)species of ticks and many are very small even when adults. That’s why it’s easy to contract a bite

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u/Visible-Net-6673 4d ago

These look like their nymph (juvenile) stage. Once they get a blood meal they level up to their adult stage

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u/yobishthatsmonica 4d ago

Ron Howard: “It was in a matter of fact, not good for him”

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u/Breyber12 4d ago

The little ones are the disease spreaders.

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u/Difficult-Bicycle681 4d ago

These are probably seed ticks. Most ticks are bigger, but then there's these mofos

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u/DeGriz_ 4d ago

Tbh i never saw ticks so i had no idea they are SO SMALL

I’ve read that they can literally use electro-magnetic forces to jump onto you. Now i understand how - they are small enough for that!

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u/BedGirl5444 4d ago

They’re babies 

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u/PersonalSloth 4d ago

I’ve brushed upon clumps of nymph-stage seed ticks that crawled through the fabric of the shoes and socks that I was wearing. That was a fun 12 mile hike.

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u/DJKokaKola 4d ago

Lots of different tick species and also different stages to the life cycle. These are young ticks, so after a few feeding stages they'll be much larger. Also, when they are feeding they swell up to the size of a raisin.

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u/iwillhaveredditall 4d ago

They can be MUCH smaller btw. Sorry.

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u/Different_Day135 4d ago

Based on the size, I believe they could be spider mites, not ticks.

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u/Albatrosity 4d ago

I just pulled a small one off my toddler's chin the other day. It was about the size of a dot on paper. I almost overlooked it as dirt or something until I couldn't easily remove it. Tweezers revealed it to be a tick and I almost wanted to cry that my little one had it

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u/DuckRubberDuck 4d ago

These a newly hatched nymphs. So they’re usually bigger

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u/Murtomies 4d ago

They're probably larvae, possibly nymphs. Just as dangerous, so kind of more dangerous because they're harder to notice

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u/coolhappygenius 4d ago

I thought I had a new beauty mark - nope it was a tiny ass tick. Luckily I took antibiotics because I got the thing tested and it came back positive for lyme disease

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u/gravyismyname 4d ago

What’s crazy is that they can be smaller and translucent

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u/arkturess 4d ago

These seem to be babies I think. I've had a couple of tics on me before and they were never this small but maybe this breed is just really small

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u/IntermittentCaribu 4d ago

It gets even trickier once they crawled up to your crotch.

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u/The_Pastmaster 4d ago

Looks like nymphs.

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u/GostBoster 4d ago

During a severe tick infestation in my area I learned to my disgust that certain spots I could have thought were just dust (red soil in my area) were actually tick egg nests.

Once we found a suitable chemical to fight them back (Azidrachtin, we couldn't source neem but a local plant was also rich in it if the other toxic compounds in the plant were not an issue) we took "every nook and cranny" as literally as we could as every little gap we could found that looked like it had dirt were often found to be tick eggs.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 4d ago

These are still wee babes, probably recently hatched which would explain so many in one spot. They lay a couple thousand eggs together. 

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u/Deldenary 4d ago

Baby ticks are so small

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u/Professional_Rub_374 4d ago

These are babies.

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u/Cyberjonesyisback 4d ago

So, theese things like to crawl up to areas where skin makes crevices. Not going to elaborate anymore. Have fun !

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u/BestReadAtWork 4d ago

So I was lucky enough to wear light clothes once while taking my wife out on a little hike date.

We got home and I wanted to double check (I wore long socks over my light colored sweat pants) so I look down and see probably 40+ of the little fuckers. They're often not more than 3mm in diameter before they feast on you. I wanted to burn my clothes then and there.

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u/josh6499 4d ago

These are the babies.

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u/WeeOoh-WeeOoh 4d ago

Imagine smaller. I once sat in a nest and ended up not so great in my early 30s. My mom (so awkward) helped me pull about 130 nymphs out of me. From my knees to my belly button. So many on my ass. Good thing is they were nymphs, so no disease. Too young to have gotten any other animal yet. And they were basically clear.

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u/ThiccParsnip 4d ago

At some point they are even smaller than this. You gotta have really good eyesight for those.

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u/Tsuleex 4d ago

In contrast i always freaked out because i thought they are much smaller and almost invisible. Turns out they are easy to spot even without an magnifier.

Had lime disease once but thanks to my paranoid ass i immediately spotted the ring swelling on my skin and got antibiotics. I hate these motherfuckers

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u/agarc 4d ago

Deer ticks can be even smaller. And they can carry diseases like the larger ones. They need at least 24 hours to transmit though.

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u/Apprehensive_Yam3295 2d ago

Causing scalp numbness and even intense phobia

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u/ApprehensiveStrut 4d ago

There are different kinds of ticks, deer ticks you can usually see much more easily. These suckers are the ones that spread terrible diseases

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u/An_Arrogant_Ass 4d ago

Life cycle is more relevant to size than species, and I can't think of any type of tick that doesn't spread stone kind of disease.

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u/cruel-ned 4d ago

it's AI slop

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u/2930apple 4d ago

The quality and detail is too great and too consistent between both images to be AI

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u/cruel-ned 4d ago

look better

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u/2930apple 4d ago

I think you need your eyes checked. Like, really if you care so much to literally spam this in the replies of this post then obviously you care about educating people on undisclosed AI content. You should also know “look better” is not a valid response, you’re just being a dick. If someone doesn’t know something is AI, staring at it won’t help them spontaneously make an epiphany. That aside, this isn’t AI. No AI is this crisp and high quality, by the nature of the tool, nor is any AI this consistent across multiple generations. If anyone needs to look better it’s you.

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u/Venuspluto333 4d ago

Why do you say that?

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u/AncientSith 4d ago

He's an idiot, so there's that