They are the most common ticks in Wyoming. These ticks don’t carry Lyme disease, but they may transmit Colorado tick fever or Rocky Mountain spotted fever to human hosts. They prey on deer, badgers, ...

They’re found primarily in fields rather than forests and are most active in the spring and summer. Blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, are the darkest of all ticks in Wisconsin. Females are ...

Many are hopeful that New York City’s recent cold, snowy winter will knock out the black-legged deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. Despite the common misconception that cold weather kills ticks ...

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The deer tick is the size of a poppy seed. After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease. Most wood tick bites are harmless. The spread of disease by wood ticks is not ...

While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme disease is ubiquitous, there’s a lesser-known threat these insects carry that’s concerning health experts: the Powassan virus. “We suspect ...

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Deers are all too familiar with ticks, which are part of the jackdaw’s diet. Therefore, these sika deer get help losing their winter coats and have professional tick-eaters at their disposal.