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Know How to ID Your Tick!

posted May 28, 2014, 9:56 AM by lhartkopf@rsu20.org   [ updated May 28, 2014, 9:56 AM ]
Tick season is in full swing! Do you know how to ID the different species of ticks? Visit the Center for Disease site on ticks for a wealth of informative information. Topics include: avoiding ticks, removing ticks, symptoms and tick borne illnesses, geographic distributions, tick life cycle and host and diseases transmitted by ticks.

Other resources:
TickEncounter Resource (Identify the most common human-biting ticks in the U.S. with the TickEncounter Tick Identification chart)

Lyme Disease Association (The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) is designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, a  charity focusing on research, education, prevention and patient support)