And BMoe ain't kiddin' either. I've had what looked like thousands of the little seed ticks. More than once too.
The seed ticks in Missouri are the worst. You can barely see them. Here's a couple of tick stories for you:
We were getting ready to go to a funeral or something [long time ago], and my Grandpa came and sat by me on the porch swing wearing his nice clothes. I said," Grandpa, how'd you get your pants dirty already?" He said, "I dunno" and kind of wiped at the leg of his slacks. About 5 minutes later, I noticed the dirty spot was to his knees...a giant swarm of seed ticks...Nasty!
Here's another one, Same property, My Grandpa used to have this old dog that would find box turtles. All the kids wanted to go find turtles, so off we went. When we got back, they were head to toe ticks. I put the kids in the tub with Clorox and it didn't do anything. I picked and picked but I couldn't hardly get ahold of the nast little beggars. Finally, I found a roll of duct tape. I pulled off a bunch of tape and made a big tape ball and just "blotted" them off. It worked.
I had a Beagle run off when I was a kid and come back with so many ticks, she could barely hold her head up. Clusters of them between her toes. Disgusting!! My Mom picked them off and tossed them into a coffee can until it was half full.
But to be honest, that's the best part of the spring. When I get home from Turkey hunting or Mushroom hunting, All I have to say is, "Honey, will you come check me for ticks?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif