The little sucker bit me yesterday.

for a size reference, the thicker hairs measure 0.004" in dia

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM. Reason : someone's gonna make a parody ]

7/2/2010 1:24:26 PM

welcome to lyme disease

7/2/2010 1:24:55 PM

ibtparotys

7/2/2010 1:24:58 PM

i totally read this thread title wrong

7/2/2010 1:25:28 PM

lol

7/2/2010 1:27:23 PM

those little ones usually come off with a piece of tape

7/2/2010 1:27:37 PM

risk of lyme disease is pretty low in NC

7/2/2010 1:28:43 PM

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"i totally read this thread title wrong "

Me too.

7/2/2010 1:31:58 PM

scrotal hairs are pretty thick

7/2/2010 1:32:04 PM

^^^unless you're my wife.

The risk may be low, but that was one of around 7 or 8 that were on me yesterday (only two were biting though). In a year I may have as many as 10 bites. The risk to the entire population is low, but I'm exposed a lot.

^yes...i had to crop the pic...
The hair on my head is pretty thick though. They're a little over 0.003 while my white wife's hair is half that.

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM. Reason : ]

7/2/2010 1:33:00 PM

my mom had one in her leg last week

7/2/2010 1:33:20 PM

Oh... it says tick. That explains a lot.

7/2/2010 1:38:25 PM

tick on your dick?

7/2/2010 3:52:12 PM

seed ticks?

7/2/2010 4:03:43 PM

Quote :

"The risk may be low, but that was one of around 7 or 8 that were on me yesterday (only two were biting though). In a year I may have as many as 10 bites. The risk to the entire population is low, but I'm exposed a lot. "

10 bites a year is minimal exposure. I used to pick at least that many off of me every day when I did boundary surveys.

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM. Reason : I didn't have it nearly as bad as loggers do.]

7/2/2010 4:34:43 PM

10 actual bites...I'll have 10 on me if I just get into my work truck for a few minutes but none of them will be attached to my skin.
Who knows how many get on me a year. Probably a couple hundred.

10 bites a year is not minimal for the average person. The average person probably wouldn't have a single one get on them at all in a year.
You're in the same boat as I am.

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 4:54 PM. Reason : I'm honestly surprised I don't get bitten more when you consider how many are on me]

7/2/2010 4:52:13 PM

I was referring to actual bites. I could usually find 8 that climbed up my boot to the elastic band on my sock and started digging in.

7/2/2010 4:56:45 PM

Surveying is where I get mine. A lot of time I'm doing environmental surveying on a boat or in the water, but occasionally I've got to cut line and I'll have them all over my pants when I get back in the truck.

7/2/2010 4:57:51 PM

^^wtf lol. Permanone ftw

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 5:00 PM. Reason : 10 bites is not minimal, you're just the crazy outlier on the upper end]

7/2/2010 4:58:52 PM

what part of your body are we all looking at here

7/2/2010 8:14:12 PM

Quote :

"scrotal hairs are pretty thick"

7/3/2010 12:44:19 AM