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| Ticks "burrow under the skin" |
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No they do not. Ticks only insert their hypostome (1/8") |
| Ticks fly, jump or drop from trees. |
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They actually do not. They waite on the end of a tall blade of grass or twig for an animal to go by. Then crawl up and find a place to attach and feed. |
| Use of petroleum jelly, nail polish, alcohol, hot match, etc... helps the tick back out. |
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It has been scientifically proven in clinical research that this does not happen. Ticks will activate their defenses and regurgitate infected fluids into YOU, potentialy giving you a disease. - DO NOT USE THESE!! |
| If the tick's "head" breaks off in the skin, another tick will grow from it. |
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ABSOLUTELY NOT. An infection will result much like a splinter, and will work its way out of the skin over time. |
| "It won't happen to me" |
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Yes, it very well may. Lyme Disease is the second fastest growing infectious vector-borne disease in the United States. AIDS is number one. Never mind ALL the other diseases ticks transmit. |
| Rotating the tick will release it from the skin. |
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Ticks have barbs on the hypostome, NOT THREADS... you cannot unscrew a tick. |
| "Hard" ticks are small and "soft" ticks are big. |
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Hard ticks have a scutum or "shield-like" plate on their back. Soft ticks have no scutum. Most ticks are hard ticks. |
