I said this exact thing out loud, and then scrolled down and saw your post!
It's bad enough that I'm finding little ants crawling on me all the time because of all the rain... at least they're not disgusting, almost unkillable, disease-spreading TICKS.
This makes perfect sense in light of the fact that I have found ticks on me even when I've walked near vegetation, and not in it or through it. Revolting. I imagine them just sitting there waiting and then leaping. The stuff of NIGHTMARES