Probably everybody knows that in late spring and early summer in nature there is a mass activity of ticks.Visit the forest without a hat and closed clothes - it is dangerous.But the behavior of the mites in the fall?Is it possible to be at this time of year is absolutely calm, walking outside the city?It seems that the rest us can only dream of.Because ...
autumn Ticks are dangerous!
Yes, it's true!But after such a long time to autumn, did all three months need to be afraid of these little malicious parasites?No, ticks are active only in September and early October.
Ieif you choose a warm September days are a breath of fresh forest air, the security measures taken need to be sure.Why is it necessary to do, you will become clearer if you read about the periods of activity of dangerous blood-sucking insects.Alas, mites fall - this is not fiction, but a cruel reality.
When the enemy does not sleep
In the case of forest ticks in the year than one active period, but two.Spring begins when the temperature reaches approximately +10 ° C. When this occurs during sleep hungry parasites come out to hunt.By the way, unlike mosquitoes, males do not feed them with blood, blood-sucking ticks are both females and males.
only the first in order to be satisfied, we need much more time.They are warm-blooded creatures hunting is about the end of April until mid-June.Well, then followed by a period of diapause, after which, in late August, the parasites are going to attack again.Can take this outrage to mid-October.The time frame here is largely dependent on how the fall season turned out to be warm.Ticks autumn behave exactly the same as in the spring, in other words, they just do not know how.The second period of activity is somewhat weaker than the first, but that does not make it for people and animals less dangerous.
Location expect an attack?
Somehow common is the view that the mites have to wait from above the trees.Perhaps this too can happen, but only as an exception to the general rule.Scientists say that these insects live in the grass and bushes, not trees.Ieautumn mites can easily get on your clothes not on top and bottom and then slowly creep up, finding your most vulnerable spot.Parasites like soft skin, so their favorite spot: the neck, behind the ears, under the breasts, etc.By the way, they always crawl from the bottom up, and not vice versa.
Most ticks is near rivers and streams, asthese blood-sucking, like their counterparts - mosquitoes, rather hygrophilous.And still a favorite place of deployment mite - in the grass near the forest trails and tracks.They are downright diabolical instinct, and the smell of humans and animals they capture 10-15 meters.The tick is able to move in the air together with the wind, i.e.it costs nothing to overcome this distance almost instantly.
If you could not avoid being bitten
not necessary to find out whether the ticks are dangerous fall, by experimenting with their own health.In that case, if you came from a walk, found the stuck on the body of the parasite, do not wait until he gets drunk and falls off the blood itself.It is better to take a pair of tweezers and grab them insect's body, as close as possible to the place of contact with the skin.Forceps should be kept at a right angle and rotational motion to remove the parasite.We must act carefully, becauseit is important to remove the entire tick, leaving the wound in his head or proboscis.The remaining particles can cause inflammation and suppuration.Do not attempt to drip on insect oil and other substances in the hope that it will come out by itself.This is unlikely to happen, only time spent.
After the tick has been removed, the bite to be treated with iodine, alcohol or vodka.Of course, the best thing you can do after you have been bitten - is to seek qualified medical help.institution.And it would be good to carry the tick in the laboratory with a view to ascertaining whether he is a carrier of encephalitis.
Precautions
Now that we know whether there are mites in autumn in the woods, let's talk a little bit about what you can do for your own safety.There is nothing difficult and complicated.Your clothes should be closed.Long pants tucked into boots or socks, shirt sleeves - a suitable outfit for forest walks a dangerous period.After returning home, before things take off, be sure to carefully inspect them and only then to undress.
