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Originally Posted by Alton Bay Resident
Ant, Tick and Flea killer...will cut the number by 75% or more.
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A statistic like 75% sounds suspicious when tick populations vary from year to year. The "Precautions" label usually states that poisons should not be used near water. IMO,
lawns should not be near Winnipesaukee.
I suspect lawns will have fewer ticks to start with. It's scraggly
wild grass that's their lair -- not
lawn grass. (Think of "bug-logistics" of a poor, hungry tick
in a vast lawn).
Ever seen a wood tick "in the wild"?
I knocked one off a blade of "scraggly grass" next to a paved road. It crawled fairly rapidly up an 8-inch blade of grass, moved around a little bit, and stretched its four forwardmost legs upward, as though praying to the sun! Its
rear four legs were grasping the blade of grass. (Tick yoga?)
It just waited there to grasp anything walking by -- four-legged victim or two-legged victim. You've got to feel sorry for them.
(The victims, the victims).