Ticks are active in cooler

[the blur]

My friend & I pulled a deer out of the cooler today... It was hanging for 4 days in a 33 degree cooler.     2 big ticks still crawling on the carcass.  Even after sitting in the cooler for days.   I don't get it, these things just do not die.

[tommyc50]

years ago my friend shot a deer we skinned it left the skin on the back railing it snowed and was cold as hell we came back up the next weekend and there were still ticks crawling on the hide i hate those little buggers [pun intended lol]

[NFA-ADK]

They can survive for months in freezing temps, that is how they can survive winter!   33 is not freezing! 

[bugsNbows]

Many Arthropods have amazing survival abilities. They will be here long after we are worm food. 

[eagle rider]

Temp doesn’t seem to bother them. Rule of thumb down here is as long as the sun is shining the ticks are biting


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[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

My neighbor stopped doing Taxidermy because of the ticks around his grandkids, he would freeze the hides in the freezer and the ticks come back alive, very much like flies when it gets cold..

 

 

 

[gjs4]

One thing to note w them is if they’re attached and feeding they will stay lively ...not so much wo a host



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[the blur]

But the host was dead, in a cooler.   No blood circulation.

[uberyan]

Dog ticks disappear in cold weather but not deer ticks. They stay in the brush piles under snow is what I've read. Not super active but alive and well insulated under the snow. As soon as temps go up or snow melts they go back to being active. 

I think drying out is their only real danger. 

What freaks me out more is when I see them crawling around my pants legs even though I keep my clothes soaked in permethrin. 

I really hope they haven't found a way to become immune to that stuff. 

[gjs4]

But the host was dead, in a cooler.   No blood circulation.

In my pictures instance above they were alive on the deer alive....until he was shot then they started dropping off. The cold will slow them down.


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[fasteddie]

If they fall off in the cold and don't find a host , will they survive ?

[Paula]

22 minutes ago, fasteddie said:

If they fall off in the cold and don't find a host , will they survive ?

Yes. 

I have never heard of dog ticks, deer ticks and ticks I have heard of. 

 

[Lawdwaz]

8 minutes ago, Paula said:

 

I have never heard of dog ticks, deer ticks and ticks I have heard of. 

 

How about Tic Tac's?  They're edible..........

And then of course we have Tacks.

[vizslas]

1 hour ago, Paula said:

Yes. 

I have never heard of dog ticks, deer ticks and ticks I have heard of. 

 

lone star ticks named for the spot on there backs  i think and the dreaded American dog tick. there are a few more kinds i just dont know what there names are you could google it for more info

[bugsNbows]

16 hours ago, uberyan said:

Dog ticks disappear in cold weather but not deer ticks. They stay in the brush piles under snow is what I've read. Not super active but alive and well insulated under the snow. As soon as temps go up or snow melts they go back to being active. 

I think drying out is their only real danger. 

What freaks me out more is when I see them crawling around my pants legs even though I keep my clothes soaked in permethrin. 

I really hope they haven't found a way to become immune to that stuff. 

Two things. Just because a tick does not die right before your eyes does not mean that it hasn't picked up a lethal dose. Secondly, there has been some reported Pyrethroid resistance in some tick species. I do not (however) think it's a major issue................ yet! 

[gjs4]

There are MANY kinds of ticks. Geography is the largest indicator of what you could be exposed to.

Ticks can live in the cold. However, the colder it is the less they “do” and extreme cold will kill them. They make it through on hosts or being insulated by snow or some other way. A super cold winter with little snow is the best recipe to lower their numbers this time of year and then proceeding.

Do you mean Permethrin?

There are catalogs of books on ticks and their related vector/disease capabilities. One article not that long ago said they were alive during the time of dinosaurs.


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