USB Microscope... a good investment.

DoubleAtotheRON

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SoOooOOo.. I found out I had thrips in my Mother tent. Got this handy little microscope to verify my kill with some Captain Jacks. Looks like it worked. Highly recommend one of these. It will make it easier to identify the occasional bug. Like $95 on AMZ.. I need to set the date/time on this thing.
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Close up of a leaf vein....PICA0008.jpg
 

PadawanWarrior

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I live in the middle of the woods and from March to Snow fly, I am on constant tick alert. I feel the slightest little "tickle" and ....... Woah... I just realized, can't frickin' spell TICKLE without TICK!

GOOD GOD!
I'm in the woods too, but no ticks here that I know of. Maybe it's the altitude here in CO. I never got a tick once living in the Western WA woods and that's where my friends and I would spend most of our time. CA was the first time I got one, but they weren't bad there.
 

GanjaJack

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I'm in the woods too, but no ticks here that I know of. Maybe it's the altitude here in CO. I never got a tick once living in the Western WA woods and that's where my friends and I would spend most of our time. CA was the first time I got one, but they weren't bad there.
I live upstate NY, we get deer ticks that will kill you. From Lyme disease that makes you wished you were dead, to a type of blood disorder that Will Kill you. Forget the name of that one off hand. I try not to think about it, while at the same time, continuously checking myself.

We also get the more common "dog tick" but those don't carry Lyme, but, they might carry the other Sporalis parasite that will kill you. (Not sure about that one)

It's especially fun in the spring time when the news media feels the need to warn everyone with pictures of ticks that it's "Tick season"...

Which itself is misinformation because ticks live year 'round and sometimes will "hole up" in people's houses and wonder how they got a tick bite in the winter time. IF you get any of those warmer days where the snow melts, look around, am sure you will find some in the leaf litter just waiting to latch on to something to feed.

Read somewhere that in Russia they had a tick that lived 25 years in a log cabin in Siberia even in the harshest winters. So even that's an old wives tail, as I was told when I was a kid that "we need those -20 winter temps to kill off all the ticks..."

So instead of relying on winter time cold, I make sure to spray my cabin once a year with stuff that kills ticks....... and other things like carpenter ants, termites, etc.

The one thing we haven't had around here in decades and decades, and in those decades ticks have become more and more prevalent, is FOREST FIRES that burn the forest floor, killing all the ticks..... NY used to get forest fires all the time.... We haven't had one in 60 years I bet....

I myself have never had a tick on me, my dog has had a couple and she has arthritis at 6, which isn't good for a German Shep, but she manages. I have to get her vaccinated for lyme every year. Awesome that we're on this conversation as it reminded me that I have to get a tick collar for my dog. THANKS!!!
 
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Star Dog

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They USB cameras are great for the money, using a 35mm you see thin slices that in focus with the USB you get a awesome depth of field or front to back sharpness. .
 

Lordhooha

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I live upstate NY, we get deer ticks that will kill you. From Lyme disease that makes you wished you were dead, to a type of blood disorder that Will Kill you. Forget the name of that one off hand. I try not to think about it, while at the same time, continuously checking myself.

We also get the more common "dog tick" but those don't carry Lyme, but, they might carry the other Sporalis parasite that will kill you. (Not sure about that one)

It's especially fun in the spring time when the news media feels the need to warn everyone with pictures of ticks that it's "Tick season"...

Which itself is misinformation because ticks live year 'round and sometimes will "hole up" in people's houses and wonder how they got a tick bite in the winter time. IF you get any of those warmer days where the snow melts, look around, am sure you will find some in the leaf litter just waiting to latch on to something to feed.

Read somewhere that in Russia they had a tick that lived 25 years in a log cabin in Siberia even in the harshest winters. So even that's an old wives tail, as I was told when I was a kid that "we need those -20 winter temps to kill off all the ticks..."

So instead of relying on winter time cold, I make sure to spray my cabin once a year with stuff that kills ticks....... and other things like carpenter ants, termites, etc.

The one thing we haven't had around here in decades and decades, and in those decades ticks have become more and more prevalent, is FOREST FIRES that burn the forest floor, killing all the ticks..... NY used to get forest fires all the time.... We haven't had one in 60 years I bet....

I myself have never had a tick on me, my dog has had a couple and she has arthritis at 6, which isn't good for a German Shep, but she manages. I have to get her vaccinated for lyme every year. Awesome that we're on this conversation as it reminded me that I have to get a tick collar for my dog. THANKS!!!
When I lived in Michigan I would cut wood for my wife's grandmother for her wood burning stove. I'd come out of the woods with several deer ticks on me. I think I've never gotten any disease due to all the junk I've been shot full of from the military lol.
 

1212ham

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SoOooOOo.. I found out I had thrips in my Mother tent. Got this handy little microscope to verify my kill with some Captain Jacks. Looks like it worked. Highly recommend one of these. It will make it easier to identify the occasional bug. Like $95 on AMZ.. I need to set the date/time on this thing.
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Close up of a leaf vein....View attachment 4956136
Got a link or description? I bought a cheap one a few years back and it's just not good enough.
 

Budley Doright

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When I lived in Michigan I would cut wood for my wife's grandmother for her wood burning stove. I'd come out of the woods with several deer ticks on me. I think I've never gotten any disease due to all the junk I've been shot full of from the military lol.
If my dog goes for a run he always comes back with one or two. The bastards are out of hand here. We’re lucky that he spends all day swimming so the ticks don’t seem to stick around on him. I check myself after I go water the garden but never had one land on me.
 

Treesomewanted77

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I live upstate NY, we get deer ticks that will kill you. From Lyme disease that makes you wished you were dead, to a type of blood disorder that Will Kill you. Forget the name of that one off hand. I try not to think about it, while at the same time, continuously checking myself.

We also get the more common "dog tick" but those don't carry Lyme, but, they might carry the other Sporalis parasite that will kill you. (Not sure about that one)

It's especially fun in the spring time when the news media feels the need to warn everyone with pictures of ticks that it's "Tick season"...

Which itself is misinformation because ticks live year 'round and sometimes will "hole up" in people's houses and wonder how they got a tick bite in the winter time. IF you get any of those warmer days where the snow melts, look around, am sure you will find some in the leaf litter just waiting to latch on to something to feed.

Read somewhere that in Russia they had a tick that lived 25 years in a log cabin in Siberia even in the harshest winters. So even that's an old wives tail, as I was told when I was a kid that "we need those -20 winter temps to kill off all the ticks..."

So instead of relying on winter time cold, I make sure to spray my cabin once a year with stuff that kills ticks....... and other things like carpenter ants, termites, etc.

The one thing we haven't had around here in decades and decades, and in those decades ticks have become more and more prevalent, is FOREST FIRES that burn the forest floor, killing all the ticks..... NY used to get forest fires all the time.... We haven't had one in 60 years I bet....

I myself have never had a tick on me, my dog has had a couple and she has arthritis at 6, which isn't good for a German Shep, but she manages. I have to get her vaccinated for lyme every year. Awesome that we're on this conversation as it reminded me that I have to get a tick collar for my dog. THANKS!!!
I also live in upstate NY there is a chemical free product called ObugZone and I swear by them I’m in the woods everyday and with that card on my person I never have had a tick but without it I get lots of them. I was just down in FL and no ticks with my tick card till one eve I walked out to my truck without that card and got a tick. I have a warm body temp so I’m a tick magnet. They can be found online at ObugZone.com or maybe a local pet supply place may carry them. Worth the 10 bucks every 3 months
 

Budley Doright

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Man, I got tired of jacking with my iPhone and a loupe trying to get pics. This is so much easier, clear, and it'll magnify way more that my loupe could. Plus!.. I like the screen. I can use both eyes and not strain trying to look at something.
Yes it is really cool. I actually don’t have anything at the moment :(. It’s been years since I actually looked at my buds through anything :(.
 
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