An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock
An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock
Researchers documented three cows in Ohio killed by Asian longhorned ticks, which can lay up to 2,000 eggs without needing to mate
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you cannot spray your way out of an infestation
OK, so what other options are there?
Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch.
how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
Then we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....
Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
What about flamethrowers?
Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
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With fire, it'd be like popcorn. Popcorn ticks.
Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.