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There are absolutely no reputable sources I can find to back up your claim that any species of tick drops from trees. Do you have any?

Everyone in this area (NE Alabama) knows the lone stars do. It’s always lone stars. There is nothing, and then you feel it land on your arm. They’re called “pine ticks” here by colloquialism because they tend to do this out of pine trees. It’s just…a thing. Like everyone knows it because we all see …

So the source is “trust me, bro”, essentially. I spend a lot of time in the Pinelands and the lone stars attach in the typical way: they hitch a ride when I go through vegetation. Like all other ticks.

“they don’t live in lawns” from that Iowa link bwahahahahahah It is super common to have guinea fowl to help keep them at bay because we get tired of getting them just walking to our damn mailboxes from our front door. Sure a suburban sprayed lawn they’re not going to be there. Because it’s sprayed…

If you google “do ticks fall from trees” you will see that there are a glut of reputable sources that say otherwise. In the hyperbolic sense they sure seem to fall from trees.

Squirrels live in trees. Squirrels get ticks.

Hi, all, just by way of providing info: https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2012/4-5/ticks.html

So you are saying the only explanation that squirrels get ticks has to be that ticks must be present in trees? Never seen a squirrel on the ground? Do squirrels for some reason avoid bushes and shrubs?

I read it as: ticks attach to animals that ascend trees, so ticks can be found in trees. In all likelihood, some ticks drop off those mammals while they are in trees. But most of those would probably be…sated.

Can ticks drop from trees?

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tallastro October 4, 2021, 1:10am 3

I’ve had enough instances of a tick landing on my neck or shoulder to know they can drop from foliage. These have all been big ticks and I felt or heard them land. It’s rare, but it’s happened.

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Can ticks drop from trees?

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