In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

Ticks biting humans and dogs this spring have sparked an uptick in ER visits. Here's tips on knowing what ticks look like, and how to remove them.

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) reported that the nymph and adult stages can transmit human pathogens. Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from ...

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.

Deer ticks are common vectors of Lyme disease and ... blacklegged tick density at 83 per acre and the highest average nymph blacklegged tick density at 25 per acre, according to Linske.

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 ...

They hatch into larvae that develop into nymphs—the teenagers of ticks ... into leaf litter or decaying wood. For instance, deer ticks can be active once temperatures go above 4°C, so even ...