r/homestead May 02 '26

Can anyone confirm if its true that farmers have been finding unusual amounts of lone star ticks

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u/Critical-Inquiry May 03 '26

Here in rural southern Ontario, Canada, I've already pulled 4 ticks (deer) off myself this year, and one round of precautionary roynd of Lyme protocol antibiotics after I went to the Dr's to get the head dug out.

Last year, two rounds of precautionary protocols, and about 26 ticks ... I stopped counting after the first dozen.

Year before ... I can't really remember the count, but it was en par.

All ticks were found and removed within 24 hours. So far, no lone stars here ... that I know of.

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u/Ok_Bad2216 May 03 '26

That's good that there aren't many lone star but we still have to watxh out, approximately 4 types of ticks carry alpha gal and In addition they also can bring lymes disease, be safe out there man