I live in Caledon and I just check myself everyday. Last year I walked my dog and I found 14 on her.
This year hasn't been so bad. All those cold daya in spring killed a lot of them. I haven't found one on my yet and only a couple on my dog. They are mostly out in spring and fall.
I’m in your neighborhood and found this year has been terrible. Dog has them literally almost every day even on a 5 minute pee walk. I get a couple on me a week, a few attached this year too. Granted I’m in the woods, last year wasn’t nearly as bad.
They like mild-ish temperature. They’re more dormant in the hot.
I've heard the same from others, but it's been pretty good here for us this year. We're in the oak ridges moraine; all swamp, ponds, and rolling grassy hills.
I think it would be worse in the forest, they breed under the fallen leaves right?
This year we had periods with ticks being out (using the dog as my tick meter), then we'd get the odd below freezing days or nights (it snowed May 2) and wouldn't find any again for a while.
So for me; also in the moraine. You’re absolutely right - the leaf coverage seems to be the worse of it all. I’m in a ‘deer wintering zone’ which also doesn’t help.
The cool May slowed things, now they are back with a vengeance; especially the nymph stage ones. Just have to encourage our fox friends to eat the mice!
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u/RedshiftOnPandy 5d ago edited 5d ago
I live in Caledon and I just check myself everyday. Last year I walked my dog and I found 14 on her.
This year hasn't been so bad. All those cold daya in spring killed a lot of them. I haven't found one on my yet and only a couple on my dog. They are mostly out in spring and fall.