Soon, we will no longer be seeing wood ticks (also called American dog ticks). It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t go outdoors, especially around grassy, weedy areas without attracting a horde ...
In the United States, there are 80 identified species of ticks. The most common ticks you may encounter are the deer tick, ...
There are two groups of ticks: "hard" and "soft" ticks, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health Prevention and Control. Hard ticks, such as the American dog tick, have hard shells ...
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by the American dog tick in the Eastern, Central and Western United States; by ...