Study on use of balsam fir needles on ticks

Wonder if it would work on deer ticks. Problem with the tick population is that unlike other insects, we have to have UBER cold sustained temps to even knock them back a bit. Thanks for the article... promising, hope they keep testing the stuff and see if it works on other ticks.
 
Sandy in CT said:
Wonder if it would work on deer ticks. Problem with the tick population is that unlike other insects, we have to have UBER cold sustained temps to even knock them back a bit. Thanks for the article... promising, hope they keep testing the stuff and see if it works on other ticks.
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Black legged and deer tick are one and the same. That’s what I find interesting about this, that by attacking them in the winter (colder months) when they are more dormant the ticks are more susceptible and your not harming other pollinators.
 
Piper's mom said:
Black legged and deer tick are one and the same.
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Didn't know - thanks!!!! Nice about not harming pollinators - we have a bee shortage here in CT already. Our ticks rarely go dormant here. In fact, a great deal of Lyme's issues actually pop up over the colder months and go untreated as folks don't think of ticks except in the nicer temps. They are out, about, and one would think hungrier than usual in the winter. Gross things, I hate them, I fear them, I hope this works on them!
 
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