Ticks in urban DC

[Anonymous]

I live east of the river. My son found 3 ticks on himself in the last month and a half.

[Anonymous]

Keep taking those international vacations multiple times a year, eating meat like there’s no tomorrow, and buying cheap crap from China every holiday.

[Anonymous]

OMG, ticks in the middle of urban Georgetown? Don't they know how exclusive that area is and they are they are not welcome? There goes the neighborhood. You should really just stay inside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were playing at Volta Park in Georgetown today and I noticed a tick crawling on my clothing. It was undoubtedly a deer tick. We were on the playground!

I’ve been seeing stories on IG that the tick count is already at a record number for the region, but ticks inside an urban area is pretty rare.

So if they are in the middle of urban Georgetown, they must be swarming places like RCP, Great Falls, the woods around upper NW DC, etc

DC has a lot of trees and tall grass. Were you sitting on the grass or ground? I always wonder if they can drop from trees etc...? I never ever go in the woods or tall grass. My child got Lyme from a back yard. Woods and tall grass needs to be mowed and sprayed with non toxic sprays.