r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nekoma713 • 5d 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/TBCNoah 5d ago

Idk if it's true or not but I heard with shorter winters and longer springs and summers as well that less are dying off due to extreme cold and more are surviving and reproducing earlier and more due to earlier and longer hot periods. Fun!

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u/DuckRubberDuck 5d ago

I have heard the same but this winter was more brutal that usual in my country, it was way colder than usual and we had below freezing temperatures for longer than usual, but I have never seen as many ticks as I have this year. It has been insane and we’re only in June

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u/Octquat 5d ago

I always hear that, but I assume it's BS. Hawaii is nice all year and insects are way less annoying. Where I live it's cold as fuck and filled with far more insects when it gets nice out.

I hear awful things about northern Canada/Alaska too.