[pct-l] TICK ALERT

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

The tick that carries lyme disease in So Cal is the female western  
black-legged tick. It is very small and black. The male is all black.  
The female is black with a red outline on the body. Deer ticks are  
larger and sort of grayish brown. Look up the pictures on google.

If you were bitten by a female western black-legged tick you may want  
to see a doctor. If it was some other tick, it's up to you.


Diane

On Apr 14, 2011, at 5:09 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Does anybody know about the risk of lymes disease on the PCT?  Only  
> a few
> hours away from me its a big deal, but not yet where I live in  
> upstate new
> york, so I assume it might depend on the pct as well.  Mostly I'm just
> curious if I should bother to go get a test once I'm finished  
> because I have
> had it before and it doesn't always show the characteristic bulls eye.
>
> thanks!
>
> -Toby