We've noticed ticks more this year that ever before. I see them on the sidewalk and when I see them I see 5 or 6 at a time. Yesterday the wife tells me we have them on the side of the house and they are in the crevices of the brick. Sure enough it is bad. I went to Lowes this morning and bought a gallon of Spectracide and it seems to have made them dizzy. I finally swept them into a pile, poured some alcohol on them and lit them.