Young deer ticks, called nymphs, are brown and the size of poppy seeds. Adult female deer ticks are red and black, while ...

Young deer ticks, called nymphs, are brown and the size of poppy seeds. Adult female deer ticks are red and black, while males are black. Adult deer ticks are about the size of a sesame seed.

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

Experts said the more mild winters and prolonged warm periods in Connecticut have created more friendly conditions for tick survival, some carrying serious diseases.

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

After a warmer winter, the Kent County Health Department is warning about an increase in the tick population this year. “Over ...

also known as a deer tick. Unengorged adult blacklegged ticks are about the size of a sesame seed, flat, oval-shaped, dark reddish-brown and have eight legs. Nymphs (baby ticks) and larvae are ...

Research has shown some adult ticks can overwinter ... Environment and Technology at RIT. Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States.