Ticks in Kansas

More LOL (lots of larvae), Kansas-style (http://www.tickencounter.org/current_tick_activity) reported to TERC by Dr. Michael Dryden. It was the 7th hottest and 5th driest July on record for Manhattan KS. Average day time highs @ 99F (17 days above 100) and only 0.69” of rain. Tick activity typically drops precipitously with such conditions. Not so this year - in the past 2 weeks, reports from 3 Vets in North central and Eastern Kansas of severe tick infestations with anemia on dogs (mixed Lone Stars and Am. dog ticks). And just look at the larval Lone Stars that came from one dog bed in Wamego KS. Yikes!!