Chiggers (red mites) don't create pustules, but *do* inject an enzyme under the skin to facilitate feeding which causes a truly fiendish itch. In areas where Spanish Moss grows on the trees the moss itself is often full of chiggers, so using the moss for camp bedding is a really bad idea.

@trevorfornash23

Жыл бұрын

Boy I hope they aren’t ticks. It looks like ticks to me. Didn’t get a good look though. Clear nail polish if it is chiggers or if it is ticks I’ve heard olive oil works not sure if it’s true though. Stop wearing sandals with no socks sir hahaha

@leebrasseaux8470

Жыл бұрын

Those aren't chiggers...they are seed ticks... you can't typically see chiggers

@kylemccourt663

Жыл бұрын

@@leebrasseaux8470 Chiggers make the insane itch, not ticks. You can absolutely see chiggers. You just don't usually see the chiggers because they do not latch on like ticks so they bite and are gone, and unless you get a massive amount of them on you like this, you would never even know they were on you until the insane itch starts. Those were chiggers. I live on Long Island and we have tons of ticks (and lymes disease) all summer long, and then August comes, when we have tons of ticks AND chiggers. Chiggers are way worse than ticks unless you are lucky enough to get a tick bite with one infected with Lymes disease. Thats a whole other world of hurt.

@nothingzavailable

Ай бұрын

@@kylemccourt663This is incorrect. Chiggers are nearly impossible or fully impossible to see with the naked eye.

@nothingzavailable

Ай бұрын

@@trevorfornash23Unfortunately, clear nail polish does nothing for chiggers. This myth came from folks thinking that chiggers burrowed in our skin and the clear nail polish was to suffocate them. The itchy bumps are just bites, chiggers don’t burrow into skin. Keep the bites clean, use cold water/compress and anti itch cream to help alleviate the itch.

Not going to lie, those ticks gave me goosebumps lol

at 12:04 when he paused and then aggressively hit the twigs and vines away made me laugh

Nice job Noah. Back in 98 my late best friend and myself walked through multiple tick nests that looked very similar to your encounter. Recalling back, we had a spectacular day in the Jersey pine barrens(7 species live). And it was an early august outing. We spent hours combing our bodies but both of us got ourselves tested 6 weeks later after some minor symptoms. Turned out we both contracted Lyme disease. Fortunately we caught it early enough to keep the long term damage at a minimum. It doesn’t hurt to get yourself tested every fall just to be on the safe side. Cheers.

@nilodaboss9944

Жыл бұрын

Literally happened to me last month but luckily I didn’t catch and illnesses

Strong work bub!

Been gone awhile and have loads of videos to catch up on. Can't wait!

Beautiful Pigeon Wings flower at 10:42. Hot & humid N. Georgia , no place I'd rather be!

That big Diller was awesome 👍

You should try to do the Barred owl call. They're a pretty vocal species and will often join in if you do a decent impression. The trick is to film it so we hear your Barred owl call XD

@katiekane5247

Жыл бұрын

I've been hearing one in N. Georgia, haven't seen it though. Our neighborhood has lots of good habitat so we generally have quite a few.

@oogalaboo

Жыл бұрын

@@katiekane5247 nice! They’re all the way up here in Ontario, Canada too. I’ve seen a couple but you definitely hear them more often!

It’s so dry and hot in central TX. Haven’t been seeing much. Been looking for box turtles, For a research project. Not much luck , unfortunately. Great videos thanks !stay safe !

@chainbenwa2713

Жыл бұрын

Same here. We need rain

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully y’all get some rain soon, my friends in central Texas have been saying it’s the driest year they’ve seen.

@austinjk24

Жыл бұрын

@Gilbert M you cared enough to add your intelligent remark to the conversation. Thanks for expressing your opinion !

@jacobylemon

Жыл бұрын

It’s insane I’m in the Austin area and I mean there is just nothing alive. It’s like all reptiles besides lizards vanished.

We all call them seed ticks in Southern IN except for a few that call them turkey ticks? They are in or just out of the larval phase as I understand it. I am in the woods all the time and they have become a nightmare in the last twenty years! Might feel a couple itches and see what looks like a small spot of moving bugs and if you try to brush them off you are in trouble lol. If you are near a water source or have a bottle of water you can dig up some dirt and make a thick paste similar to clay and blot them off of your skin and clothing. Works pretty well if you take your time and stay focused but they are so little you are almost always going to miss a few unless you completely disrobe and pay attention to detail. Think of the wet dirt as a lint roller for those pesky little shits lol

@fly_speck_cafe

Жыл бұрын

Not heard turkey ticks, not in the Ozarks.

@katiekane5247

Жыл бұрын

Ticks go through several instars. Seed tick just means they're first instars. They'll all get bigger.

@scapelaine4529

Жыл бұрын

Seed ticks here in NE Texas!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.

That Tick bomb is what nightmares are made of.....Great information, and great video as usual. Thanks for taking us along with you!

Super excited about those cooler days coming up. Saw the forecast and got excited.

Here in Asheville I get chiggers every time I lean up against anything concrete or wood. They are a nightmare each and every time. They also love all plants. I've never seen a batch like you showed us though! Yikes!

Excellent video

Always appreciate your videos

I went fishing with my friends. They were all drinking beer and peeing into the weeds. Guess where they got chiggers? 😂

Awesome video! I like the wildlife you capture on video, Owl, Armadillo, etc. We look for snakes and wildlife as well, after all that's how I found Sasquatch when I was a kid, which is also the last time I caught a Smooth Green Snake here in Michigan! We battle may Ticks in the woods, a "Tick Bomb" is something I will never what to run into! ~thanks!

Take a lent roller with u. It works great for getting them off. But they will slowly craw off the stick surface so smash them or peal off a layer and fold it in half so the stick side is on the inside with the ticks.

Not chiggers but I've heard these called seed ticks.

Excellent video Noah! I loved the king snake and I hope it sticks around! My mom stopped by my house tonight and when she came in she said there was a garter snake outside that scared the hell out of her......she came in through the garage and I have to wonder if it was in there. I wanted to see it, but it was tucked up under the siding and I could just see a little bit of it. Because I think it might have come from the garage I thought it might be thirsty so I put a bowl of water down by where it was......probably sounds stupid, but that’s just me. That owl was awesome as well and I hope we see more of it in your videos!!! Take care and I hope you got all of those ticks off! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍

Glad To see the Eastern Kings!

As a kid, we'd use something called Basic H. It was a concentrated cleaner from Shaklee that you could dilute at various levels to use anything from hand soap to laundry or dishes to scrubbing oil stains off a driveway. We had no reactions to it. It seems pretty safe. We'd put it undiluted in a reused mustard squeeze bottle. Apply a small amount, maybe quarter to nickle size, and work it into the washcloth. Then wipe it on your feet, ankles, crotch, waistline, underarms, neck of your shirt, and wrists. We'd basicly put it any place that was an entry point in your clothes or a place where skin folded and/or clothes fit tightly. They seemed to want to congregate in those places. It worked for mosquitos, chiggers, fleas, ticks and most any other insect pest that might target humans in overgrown EastTexas woods and fields. I remember it working pretty well, but your mileage may vary.

if you really like timbers, there is a park in Alabama...north, kinda close to the Georgia border, i want to say it's Monte Sano State Park... i was checking out the camp grounds, and cabins, and there were timbers all over, there were a couple in the children's playground, and at a cabin, there was a park worker with a bag, picking them to relocate them

I live in FL where the main habitats are pine and oak. I've rarely seen a tick. But once I was herping in a small maple swamp and I climbed to the top of the canopy and was sitting on a platform someone had built there about 30 feet up. I was gazing into the distance and not really focussed on what was nearby, but when I did, everywhere I looked was a tick and they were all slowing making their way towards me! I practically dove out of that tree! One place I ran into chiggers was kicking up pine straw on the banks of a saltwater canal back in the mangroves. Those bites took months to stop itching!

Love from 🇮🇳 India.

Every time you say it looks like stuffs moving good you jinx’s yourself lol - great video EXCEPT for the ticks I hate ticks

Ticks and Poison Ivy are the reasons I never herp in shorts and/or Sandals. The Ticks are insane this year.

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never understood the thought that boots or long pants will protect you from ticks. It just makes it harder to know when you have them crawling on you, and you end up covered in them. They’ll just crawl up your pants leg or into your shirt before you know they’re on you.

@katiekane5247

Жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping if they're near your home, you might try soaking cotton balls in permethrin & stuffing in toilet paper rolls ( used of course). Put those anywhere rodents might nest. They use the cotton for bedding & prevents ticks hatching. Pretty much low exposure except for targeted pests. Used some under my shed, less ticks this year.

@nothingzavailable

Ай бұрын

@@NKFherpingI’ve found hazmat suits tend to keep most of em out.. Super enjoyable in the Georgia heat!

I don't know if you read the comments. Hopefully you do. I just came across your channel and I find it so interesting! I use to flip tin, plywood, mattresses and other discarded trash looking for snakes. I'm 54 years old now and did that from 12 to about 16. I use to keep a couple as pets, I'd breed speckled kings, and I'd sell some to pet shops. Then I met other herp hunters in other geographical areas in the back of magazines. I'd ship and trade. I was 15 and had snakes exotic to my area. As I got older, I realized that my hunting grounds were now residential subdivisions. They were taking the snakes natural habitat away! So I started doing the catch and release. I'd try to find a specific marking or scar to try to keep track and see if I was catching the same ones over and over, or different ones. When I'd find a snake with an injured tail, like the king snake you found in this video, I'd sack it, take it home. Treat it to keep it from getting infected, and as soon as it was healed, I'd release it exactly where I found it. When you caught the injured king snake, I was hoping you were going to do the same. Hopefully it didn't get infected and lived!!!

Ya might wanna wear some repellent because my daughter got bit and developed Alpha-gal syndrome and can’t eat meat. If you are a vegetarian you can still have issues if you use dairy products. Just an FYI😅

@jaredgorrell1108

Жыл бұрын

She ought to be able to take chicken, usually alpha gal only reacts to red meat consumption

@Figgatella

Жыл бұрын

@@jaredgorrell1108 She can. I just meant red meat.

There's one particular place that those ticks like to go. I'll let you guess where. That was the worst week ever.

Up here in Michigan, the hot weather has been pretty productive with reptiles. I found a large blue racer with a bunch of scars that was in shed, a nice looking garter, I also found a nice hognose! All of them were pretty nice looking snakes. but that hognose made me so happy. I've never caught one before.

@brodyhess5553

Жыл бұрын

Where do you find these Things lol. Are you up further north?

@atticus3442

Жыл бұрын

@@brodyhess5553 Not the UP, but west of Clare.

One year I picked up some fat swollen female ticks that had fallen off my dog in the house and put them in a jar. That was in late spring, when the ticks first emerge. By August, when I checked the jar, where there had been ticks there was just balls of tick eggs, each ball about the size of the female tick that had seemingly disintegrated. It seems they don't lay eggs--they actually *become* a ball of hundreds of tiny eggs. And I have seen what you call a tick bomb, hundreds of baby ticks, all gathered on the end of a single blade of grass, just waiting to jump off onto a passing blood meal, it would appear. And yes, if you don't get them off quickly, they will migrate to the groin and armpits and even your scalp. And I react much like you do, itching for at least a week. I have found that Adams tick spray works very good as both a repellant and to kill them once they are on you. I always want to shower asap, though.

Super cool, as always. I caught a smooth earth in Houston that was shiny metallic bronze looking, keep waiting to see one in these vids on KZread but, haven't seen any yet. Anyone else ever seen that?

After having been chewed to pieces by chiggers in Costa Rica, on subsequent trips I'd wear light colored 'jungle pants' (thin nylon/cotton blend) and stuffed the bottoms into the tops of white socks. That eliminated the issue except for brushing my arms on vegetation, but no more apocalyptic legs. 🙂

Chiggers and ticks are in fact different things. Chiggers are a type of mite (family Trombiculidae) and ticks are a their own super family. Both are gross and as a lover of all things in erts, they're revolting.

just found my 1st king snake in southern PA. its been chillen in my tiny pond a few times a week lately

11:17 theres a scorpion bottom left on the tin as you flip.

In South East Nebraska, you can get chiggers. I don't ever recall seeing them. You know that you had them on you because you itched like nothing you ever experienced. We always wore socks and jeans no matter how hot and humid and you never sat directly on the grass. Basically, you didn't want any skin exposed to any type of grass.

Excellent watersnake! August is a rough month for herping imo.

Those are definitely chiggers. They attach themselves in big clusters on the underside of leaves. I was covered from head to toe one time from weed eating a field. Absolutely hated life

Saludos desde México 🤙

I was watching some of the footage of the flooding in KY there was a box turtle in one of the piles of stuff

Nice herpin. And chiggers are mites.

Sad for the kingsnake that lost her tail. Probably because it seems quite recent. Fortunately in Greece we don’t have ticks. It is mainly problem for dogs and there is a species that attaches to tortoises. But most people don’t worry about them. I don’t know why they are too few. In northern Europe and North America there are so many.

I had that same thing happen to me with the ticks at my girlfriend's house back in the day. I thought it was dirt when I first looked down but it was little ticks all up my leg

Seed ticks do cause itchy bites unlike adults. And they are more likely to transmit the disease just because they are so hard to see and can stay on longer. They love the woods due to the shade, they don’t like full sun. They just crawl up the hugest part of the grass etc, and wait.

I live in the northwest and ticks look a lot bigger here. I've picked them off my dog and lots of deer I harvested and I've never seen tics that small. Unless you have different types in the south I think you may be looking at a different type of bug. Lol. But.... Im not expert. Love you videos , ill be watching.

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

They’re larva, so the adults are normal tick size. The size of a hole in a Cheerio maybe?

@brunobarks6544

Жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping 👍 cool. Hate them little bastards. Lol. Keep up the great videos. You woke up my childhood love of snakes. Im just retired and shopping for a pair of milk snakes. I envy your life young man. Keep kickin ass.

Thanks for the info about ticks. I just got bit by a tiny one and was a little worried about the spot but now im not very worried.

@matthewsabala

Жыл бұрын

NKF makes great videos, but unfortunately he is misinformed about nymph ticks, or "seed" ticks. The CDC has put out information stating that these are actually more likely to transmit Lyme disease. You are probably fine, but keep an eye on it and stay informed. KZread does not allow me to link to the article but it can easily be googled.

@dariuslambert8659

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsabala thanks for the info.

@OrangeDragonofDusk

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsabala larvae are seed ticks, rather than nymphs, but yes they are believed to be capable of transferring disease at early stages

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

Tiny ticks can still carry disease, larval ticks cannot. According to the American Lyme Disease foundation on June 22nd, 2022, “Larval ticks are not born infected, they cannot transmit Lyme disease to nimal or human hosts.” The ticks featured in this video are larvae, not nymphs. According to the same source, “Nymph” stage ticks, which are still very tiny but many times the size of larvae, are most likely to transmit disease due to their small size and ability to remain undetected. And I’ll actually link my source rather than calling someone misinformed without citing a source. 🫤 aldf.com/deer-tick-ecology/

@OrangeDragonofDusk

Жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping thanks for spreading awareness of this. I have a career in surveying tick diseases and folks get confused too often. Larvae only obtain the disease after feeding on an infected meal, so it’s nymphs and adults that are dangerous. Keep up the great content 👍

We call those baby(larvae) ticks seed ticks and they are the worst! And guaranteed after picking them off you'll still find them on you days afterwards in the weirdest places. Chigger bites are more clustered around the ankle and calf, so at least the misery is isolated to one general location, and you'll probably never see those suckers on you unless you're extra unfortunate.

@matthewsabala

Жыл бұрын

The CDC calls them "seed" ticks, and according to them they're actually more likely to transmit Lyme. KZread doesn't allow me to link to the information here, but these little suckers are such a pain to remove, but it's essential that people do it. They are every bit as potentially harmful as adults.

@williampoindexter2553

Жыл бұрын

I would rather have chiggers lol

@KatiTheButcher

Жыл бұрын

Ive had chiggers all over!

@t84t748748t6

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsabala but dont ticks have 3 stages the suck blood and baby ones dont have diseases because the get them from sucking blood of animels so the bigger a tick is the more dangerous the are

Yes baby ticks or larvae are called seed ticks!

I've been finding lots of newborn skinks around in just my backyard and garden. Adorable little guys :) so so tiny

The best way to handle ticks and chiggers is treat all your clothing with permethrin including underwear. {Follow directions} Then put your long pants into your socks. While advertised as a repellent it actually kills the chiggers and ticks. Each time you go into the woods there will be less and less. The beauty is it kills mosquitos too, along with any biting flies that land on your clothing.

This was uploaded 1 hr ago and I’m in England and it’s the 3rd of August

That happened to me when I was a little girl in Oklahoma visiting my grandma and grandpa. My grandma was such a quiet woman and all of a sudden she grabbed me by the arm and stood me in a in a basin and poured cold well water on me and then I realize she wasn’t crazy. She was trying to get, what we referred to as seed ticks, off of me? They looked like my very small freckles.

They are known as seed ticks which are baby ticks

@anthonymcgary6462

Жыл бұрын

I watch your videos all the time as I have handled and raised reptiles all my life keep up the good work

Copperheads are really pretty snakes. Did you say pine straw? Never heard that, but it's apt.

What snake hook do you use? I like the field hook look if it, but it’s still shaped more like standard hooks. I can’t find it anywhere!

I have a large Skink living on my bedroom floor, thanks to my cat. I see it every once in a while but it’s too fast for me! I thought of moving but I have such a beautiful view of the marsh and sea, I could never afford another house like it. So we just co-exist. Thought the cat would finish it off but it been a couple of months now? Any suggestions of catching it would be greatly appreciated. 😅

In Arkansas we call them seed ticks

Hi Noah

I absolutely love your videos! I used to want to kill every snake I saw but after watching your videos I’ve taught my self to identify and love them ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@denamarlow710

Жыл бұрын

Btw I’ve never killed one, I just ran lol

Put some vinegar in a spray bottle and pray your feet when you go out doesn’t smell good but it works

@fly_speck_cafe

Жыл бұрын

Pennyroyal works well, too

I caught a red belly snake about a month ago and kept her. She had 7 love young last week.. very awesome!

@reptilesrodents

Жыл бұрын

You really shouldn't try to take from the wild unless it's in the purpose of providing for the hobby to deture taking from nature. But since there isn't any demand for red bellys in the hobby it's not sustainable. Don't mean to scold or think I was trying to be mean. I understand there cool. Just wanted to try to give you another way to think of it. I'm always down for a cool discussion on what you think. Feel free to message me if so.

My uncle Bob, stays indoors so he doesn't get any bug on his person.

chiggers, aka "red bugs" are different to ticks.

2 weeks off itching all over if you dont get them off i call them seed ticks

Good video. Why don’t you wear boots or mountain running sneakers to protect you a little better from ticks and maybe a snake bite?

Baby ticks 😱 I had way more tick problems in Atlanta than on the coast! We have blood sucking Yellow Flys, that bite like hell and takes a week to stop madly itching. Some years are worse that others, but I HATE THEM,! They will zero in on you on the way to the mail box. I wait for the weekly mowing to be done, and he gets my mail for me! There are times if the year I’d be thrilled for plain ole mosquitoes. They don’t bite him?? What’s up with that????

I have a screech owl that hangs around my house. I can get about 10 feet from him before he flies off. Got some good pics. To back u can't share pics on here.

Hey bro can you herp in Michigan because I live there and I always am trying to herp for Gardners

What brand/model hook do you use? Thanks!

You know they make very comfortable ankle high hiking boots and other things to keep things like “tick bombs” and chiggers etc from tearing you up.

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

Right, so then I can’t feel the ticks the instant they hit my foot and they’ll spread all over my body before I even know they’re there! Great idea!

@Quiksilversurf311

Жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping You’d feel them the instant they hit your lower legs too wouldn’t ya? Taking bites and or stings on the legs is a lot better than all on your feet and digging stuff out of your toes smart one! You’re not very bright.

I have about 7 baby skinks and anoles that size

chigger mites and ticks are not the same

It sounds like they are chiggers. Their bites can cause red bumps that look like pimples, blisters, or hives. The bites get bigger and itchier over the next few days after being bitten. They also like to congregate around the ankles, like it looked for you, and waist, as well as any warm skin folds.

@leebrasseaux8470

Жыл бұрын

Seed ticks

I like that skink.

Last!!!

A armadillo lives in my yard he came out at night twice the second time was in my backyard the first in the front

OMG. I used to hike for years at a lake hunting for arrowheads. I'd get those 'seed ticks' and so would my dogs. Awful. Just awful. Worth it when I had a nice arrowhead in my pocket. Better than the skunk though. Ha

Yeah chiggers are much much smaller than those seed ticks. You can't even see them when they are in the stage to where they feed on human legs. Lol

LoL get ready for 500+ "Uncle Bob" expert chigger identification comments lol!! Anyway, that nerodia was a standout for sure!!

wondering if anyone knows if herping works different in other states. ive been trying rly hard to flip stuff but i cant seem to find anything. I live in wisconsin and wondering if anyone has some advise?

@nonesoherpetological8974

Жыл бұрын

Flipping is all about weather conditions. I like to flip when it's cool, so from 63 - 75 degrees.

@michaelbrajkovich1999

Жыл бұрын

You’re in a way different climate, you still have snakes up there but in most places you’re not gonna find as many as these guys do in the south , where there are just a lot more of them

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

Some of the herpers I know that find the highest numbers of snakes live in Wisconsin. Just keep at it and you’ll get into them eventually, Spring time and sometimes Fall are always the best for numbers. Midsummer can be slow, so don’t get too frustrated yet.

Hi

I was cat fishing and sat in them. I have little pock mark scars from them and it's insanely itchy. Worse than chicken pocks.

I've gotten to where I avoid deep woods and high grass fields in summer. Snakes don't bother me but ticks? Ugh, can't stand them.

I here’d a creepy voice at 11:22

10:17

Bro that owl is not an owl. Did you not see the 4th kind. 😂

I live in Florida seed ticks suck . U be itching soon

Hii

No offense, but I really do not like Copperheads. They are everywhere where I live! They can have 10 babies! I keep my grass cut short, much to the joy of the yard man. At least you can spot them. Lots of Rattlesnakes, but mostly in Maritime Forests and all over the barrier islands. You will see them on quiet beaches and they even swim between the Barrier islands. I had just moved to the coast and out for a boat ride, when I saw my first and only “swimmer”. But have been told by locals it’s not unusual to see them swimming.

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@jacobsworld7573

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Good job!

@CoasterJam18

Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Nobody cares

@jacobsworld7573

Жыл бұрын

@@CoasterJam18 I care

@driftking9204

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobsworld7573 thank you

Alpha Gal syndrome comes from lone Star tick bites. Take care.

I can't even watch it because I know what you have to go through what you've gone through horrible. When you don't care about your scent raid yard guard spray your clothes and take the can with you spray some more those ticks are horrible.

Are there any snakes in the United States that are poisonous and have round pupils or do all poisonous snakes have catlike pupils?

@NKFherping

Жыл бұрын

All Coral Snakes are venomous and have round pupils, and most “catlike” pupil snakes can dilate their pupils. So overall it isn’t a good method for ID.

@StaceyS2388

Жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping Good to know that! Thank you! The king snake was beautiful

GOOD BUG SPRAY. TOTALLY NECESSARY. Lyme Disease is nothing to smile at, let alone Nile Fever.

How dare you insult Bob!!! I seen him light himself of fire once. You don't learn that in collage lol. But in all reality that's pretty horrific to see that ball of bloodsuckers.

Not an entimall

@semiretiredtrucker3712

Жыл бұрын

Not an entamaligist. Not smart ether. But have seen and endured seed ticks before. Not chiggers!