Ah; EASTERN Canada, AKA Ontario and Quebec.
Saw the headline and thought “but tick season just ended and I didn’t see a single one?”
Where are you living that the ticks die in the spring?
They’re active on the west coast from April through the first part of June — usually die off when it starts to get hot around the start of summer (June 21).
Oh, I thought they were more of a hot-summer type bug. Thanks! I guess I have more to learn about ticks.
Been hearing reports in northern Alberta, but have yet to see any myself
There’s different species with different lifecycles and behaviour. We have the ones that use thermal imaging to jump off of trees onto unsuspecting heat sources. In other areas they hide on grasses and climb onto any animal that brushes past. These ones tend to stick around longer IIRC.
The ones that drop from trees usually take around half an hour to migrate to a feeding location; then once they drill in, you’ve got about 2 hours before they become a health hazard by vomiting some of their own fluids into the wound. Before that stage, they’re just a nuisance.
