Something to keep in mind

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If you're out in the woods collecting stuff in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast this year, make sure you use A LOT of insect repellant. There is a bumper crop of deer ticks awaiting you.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/acorns-mice-lyme/

I picked up a tree and a few of the !@$% blood suckers earlier this month. I soaked myself in Off and still managed to get bitten.