Nymphs attach to animals but don’t suck as ... including: The typical American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), the wood ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer ...

Hard ticks, such as the American dog tick, have hard shells and are often ... ticks will become engorged and their body will swell up. Adult and nymph ticks will have eight legs, while larvae ...