is the tick situation back to normal?

[Chip Down]

In the middle of the last decade, we observed an explosion in the OR/WA tick population, especially in the gorge. It's not just that we had 2 or 3 times the normal number of ticks; it was biblical swarms of ticks, for years. But I don't hear any talk of it anymore. Are we back to normal? I don't mean right at this moment, as they're all buried in ice and snow. But was the summer of 2021/2022 back to the good ol' days? Did covid kill them off?

[adamschneider]

I honestly don't remember any sort of biblical tick situation.

[Jbar290]

I remember around 2015 they constantly tested us in school for a “superbug” tick. Nobody ever had one. A very big deal on the news though

[retired jerry]

I don't track this carefully, but, it seems like maybe 2010 to 2021 I got progressively more tick bites. Maybe 8 total. For decades before I got maybe 2 tick bites.

I don't think I've had any the last year. Yeah, I'm sure they've been killed off by Covid

Maybe it's that I'm more careful treating my pants with permethrin or checking for them and removing before they become imbedded.

Or just random - the next year I'll get a bite or two.

[dmthomas49]

I hope the corona virus issue gets resolved before tick season, otherwise we will have Corona with Lyme….