I was out walking this morning in a grassy area south of Little Washoe Lake. My friend and I had been discussing ticks as we walked through the grass. After about five minutes, she looked over at me and said, “What is this on your hat?”
She grabbed it and showed me and darn if it wasn’t a tick. I think I picked it up walking through some willows to see birds. We immediately started looking at our pants, legs, arms and checking each other’s necks.
Fortunately, we didn’t find any more but were determined to do an in-depth examination when we got home. She mentioned that ticks will actually hang out on the ends of grasses, branches, leaves or twigs and then “jump” when a potential host walks by…