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A surfer waits for the waves in Belhaven Bay, Dunbar. The Bass Rock looms ominously in the background.
The Lone Star Tick is a species of tick endemic to the southeastern regions of the United States. This insect is most common in the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. Over the past three decades, it has begun to spread outside its endemic range. The species has three stages of life cycle: larva, nymph, and adult. All three stages will feed on humans, as well as any convenient animal species. Physically, they are similar to other species of tick. Their distinguishing physical characteristic is the whitish colored dot on the backs of the females.
Lone Star Tick Anaphylaxis Risk
The Lone Star Tick is not known to carry a disease risk, as such. However, it does pose a serious....and quite unique...health risk. The exact cause is uncertain. However, it is believed that the presence of an alpha-gal sugar in the saliva of the Lone Star Tick is responsible. This sugar is also present in red meat. Entering the body as the result of a bite, it is attacked by the immune response of the body. The newly formed antibodies remain in the bloodstream. When the bitten human eats red meat, they suffer a potentially serious anaphylaxis to the red meat! This allergy to red meat may persist for several months. #ourbreathingplanet
Photo Source: news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/02/red-meat-allergies-likely-res...
Take a good look, friends- this is the kind of tick that carries Lyme disease. Living in New England, that's always a concern for me.
I found this little guy (probably a female actually) on my hand when relaxing at home after a hike, but fortunately, I don't think it bit me. A good reminder to use bug spray even when I don't feel like I need it.
Somerville, MA, November 2, 2017.
I know you aren't supposed to have a blurred foreground, but i think i prefer this one of the two.
Possibly because even though the foreground is blurred, you are still under no doubt what it is.
I also like the way the left foot is kind of peeking around the right foot.
It breaks all the rules but i don't care.
Close look at the head of the Amesthytine python with a tick just behind its eye ... yes that was removed before the snake itself went for a trip well away from the farm it was found on.
The incidence of deer ticks spreading Lyme disease has increased in New Hampshire. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.
Deer Tick performing to a sold out crowd at the Troubadour on 10/26/13.
L.A. Record (for more): larecord.com/photos/2013/10/27/deer-tick-robert-ellis-the...
I documented Tick Tock Rock--Station Square's New Year's Eve bash.
Missing Pages and Eric Himan opened for Bret Michaels from Poison.
Long (if 5 seconds counts as long!) exposure image of my watch face. Saw a similar concept somewhere on Flickr (can't find it again, sadly) and decided to try it myself.
I was determined to revisit a favorite photo spot, but remembering last year's bout with poison oak and spying a large infestation at my usual entry point, opted for a slightly less concentrated camas population. Arriving home after taking this photo, I felt my waistband itching, and plucked off a deer tick. In spite of two showers, I am still itching.
Made for giddygirlie in the Phat Quarter Comics/Cartoon swap.
I wanted to show the original that I worked from so that some of the weird stitching on the face would make a little more sense.
Blogged here
Legend has it that the number of breaths it takes to blow off all the seeds of a dandelion globe that has gone to seed, is the hour number. Time, anyone?
Or
If blowing seeds is not your idea of telling time, consider this:
"The dandelion is called the rustic oracle; its flowers always open about 5 A.M. and shut at 8 P.M., serving the shepherd for a clock."
Who needs a watch?
Tick
I think I basically murdered Justin's nice design here, and did a terrible job on shaping, but I told him I would make this, so I figured I would photograph it anyway.
Folded out of 9" tissue foil.
Alameda, CA - September 2010. Tick has officially moved out. He was disappearing for longer and longer periods of time, and a day or two after I took this photo, he was gone for good (I assume). He obviously found someone else in the neighborhood to adopt; probably a person who feeds him wet food and whose lap stays home all day. I miss him. I hope he's happy, wherever he is.