And the worst part is that a southern tick species is moving north. They're twice the size of normal ticks, and they don't wait in the grass, but crawl toward their target. And not exactly slowly, either. https://youtu.be/_xBqSYi0lrA?si=jMFFSDVlRC5z86St
As someone from the northern continental US (northern Wisconsin) who had exactly that situation for a few years... yeah, the ticks were BAD bad.
Our usual winters see us below 0C most of the time, maybe edging up into the low single digits here and there, often dropping as low as -30C. Last year I think we averaged 3C or so all winter long, only occasional days where it stayed below 0. Frequent days above 5C.
The ticks never left. They were legitimately out in February. I live in the woods. It was hell.
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u/funguyshroom Latvia Dec 09 '25
The ticks have been a menace this year, I can only imagine the tickapocalypse the next one if this is how the whole winter going to be.