Yup, luckily as a kid with the amount of ticks and chiggers we had in S Texas Lyme disease was rare. Then the fire ants moved north whipped out all the ticks and chiggers. I will say I would rather put up with fire ant stings than ticks and chiggers. Those buggers would imbed themselves in you’re skin and in places I won’t mention The Lyme disease was always a concerned further North. Fire ants are a better pest.