Ticks thriving after mild winter
In Connecticut, ticks are showing up in greater numbers this year, according to Goudarz Molaei, a tick expert for the state.
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Maine moose survey finds record-high death rate from ticks
The ticks, also called moose ticks, are a worsening problem in the areas of the northern U.S. and southern Canada that moose call home.
Be prepared: Spring means ticks
It didn’t happen this year, but it sure has in the past. While out checking my tapped maple trees I’ve returned with ticks crawling on me. Sometimes they were deer ticks, which happen to carry the Lyme agent, while others they were dog ticks. Neither is pleasant. During this year’s late-February and early-March sap runs
Bill calls for DNR to sell bug spray to prevent Lyme disease
The tick-borne ailment has always lurked in the background in wooded northern Wisconsin, but now it’s on the rise across the rest of the state. The state DNR theorizes that ticks are multiplying faster than their natural predators.
Be tick smart in the Ohio outdoors
Something – a biting insect for sure – had marched down my forearm and punched in a string of tiny bites. I never even noticed the minor “attack” until, overnight, a reddish-purplish blob about two inches long raised up on the skin. It was not sore, painful, or itchy, and I felt no symptoms of
Be wary of ticks in the deer woods this season
It is a little thing, easily ignored, overlooked, or forgotten, but potentially with big consequences – a bite from an infected tick. And while disease-bearing ticks can be a problem year-round, deer hunters should be especially wary. We spend long hours in the woods, deep off trails, often in heavy cover, and often with back
Winter ticks taking a toll on moose calves in New England
CONCORD, N.H. — Moose calves are dying at unprecedented levels in New England, mostly because of the hordes of winter ticks – as many as 90,000 on one animal – that latch onto their bodies and drain their blood. Those are the findings from a new study in the Canadian Journal of Zoology that looked
Illinois officials warn of increase in ticks
Researchers have found that ticks that were once isolated to southern Illinois are now being found in the northern part of the state and vice versa.
Minnesota to see hungry ticks emerge in warm weather
“It’ll seem like there’s a lot more because they’re coming out in full force all at once instead of a little at a time.”
