Are there ticks and chiggers in Yellowstone??

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Permalink Reply by Scott Simpson on February 28, 2009 at 12:39pm

There are ticks everywhere out on the trails. So, if you go hiking be sure to apply deet all over and that will take care of that issue. As to chiggers (I do know exactly what you mean as I grew up in the midwest where they are thick) there aren't many/any of those. However, same rule applies if you go hiking: apply a good layer of deet and you'll be fine.

Scott

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Barnes on February 28, 2009 at 12:47pm

This was not the answer I was hoping for...!!! My husband moved to Arkansas from California and said he had never heard of a chigger before he came here.. I was hoping that they didn't exist outside of the ozarks. lol

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Barnes on February 28, 2009 at 1:01pm

Oh I reread your answer and I see that you are saying there are ticks but no chiggers. That's good... the ticks are bad enough but chiggers are a nightmare.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on March 9, 2009 at 3:33pm

Just FYI: Chiggers are unfortunately also a fact of life throughout the SE part of the US.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon on March 9, 2009 at 3:41pm

The ticks in yellowstone do not often carry lyme's disease, however they can, and more often carry other diseases that are at home in the rocky mountain west. Lymes disease is what I'm sure you are really asking about here, and is mainly a concern in the northeast, though cases are reported in the ozarks and appalacia, though very rare.

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Permalink Reply by Ann Carr on March 9, 2009 at 5:14pm

Yep, there are Chiggers and Ticks in Yellowstone. However, you just have to make sure your pants are tucked into the top of your boots and away you go... be sure to spray your legs with a good pesticide and you should be okay though.

As to what a chigger is, hmmm - you know that little red dot in the middle of the spot that itches and it won't stop itching? that is a chigger. The only known way to kill them before you claw your skin off is to apply clear finger nail polish. Good luck on your adventure to Yellowstone. It is pretty there...

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