The life cycle of the Ixodes scapularis commonly known as the deer tick or the black-legged tick. Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi which is transmitted by an infected ...

In the United States, there are 80 identified species of ticks. The most common ticks you may encounter are the deer tick ...

but they feed on lots of animals besides deer), lone star ticks, American dog ticks and brown dog ticks. After a tick egg ...

Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from the black-legged tick (a.k.a. deer ...