Just pulled this tick off of my dog after our morning walk . Didn’t go in high grass or anything just normal suburb lawns and grass patches. Northeast pa Wilkes Barre area.

Look at the size of this thing! I was doing my standard tick check on my husband and kids as they entered the house from outdoor play (we basically live in the woods) and I spotted what appeared to be a bug on his calf. It was so tiny, I couldn’t even confirm it was a tick. I had to zoom in with my camera.

How the hell are we supposed to combat something we can barely see? Look at it!!!! I had to zoom in on the quarter for it to be visible. I’m losing my mind.

I’m in Ontario, Canada btw. Anyone else losing their mind?

Hello, I was bit by this tick and was hoping to get an Id, I know the pic isn’t great. I live in central Florida if that helps :/

found this tick on my back, what kinda is it?

I went hiking in Oklahoma today. I found it on my leg a few hours after I got home. The bite has been stinging mildly for the past few hours. I washed it out and put alcohol on it. What to do now?

Maryland USA in a cemetery

My older neighbor was simply gardening here in town and got 88 ticks on her and nearly died and has alpha gal now. Ugh 😩

Is it true that larva and nymph ticks sometimes can’t even get past human skin? Thus, not allowing the tick to suck blood?

Maryland, USA. Seems unfed, is this concerning?

Did alpha-gal just appear out of nowhere? And if so what questions must we answer?

Kentucky - was working in the yard about 24 hours ago and didnt notice that this tick was on me until just now. When I pulled it off it was still alive and moving.

The area on my side the tick was on is a bit inflamed like a mosquito bite type of thing.

This is my first time ever having one on me what do I do??? Am I screwed because I didn’t see it for 24 hours? 😭😭😭

Im not asking for medical advice, i will keep an eye on it of course. But just wanting to know the basic steps I need to do

Found this in northern Illinois, hoping it’s a dog tick, any idea? Attached to bottom of toe and luckily found it

I found these outside on a wood table I made - there’s so many! I’m sorry the quality is bad, they are tiny! Can anyone confirm if these are ticks? I am located in Massachusetts.

Identification? Found this fella crawling around inside my pants, on my panties. Absolutely horrified. I’m constantly out in the woods, but this is my first time seeing a tick, ever, & I was only beside the woods, not in em. I think he hitched a ride to me from my dog. Im reluctant to step outside now
Edit: it has a dark red color to it

I have been outside almost every day for the past 3 months. Located in upstate/Western NY. I've been pretty unprepared most days. What can I say, I'm new to birding and when it's a nice day I'll go birding even without proper pants. Or bug spray, which is why I look like I have small pox right now.

So, I am very familiar with ticks. Since I was a child. So familiar in fact it shocked me to discover people actually went to the doctor upon finding a tick. Instead of. You know. Ripping the head out yourself.

Anyways. I haven't found a tick once. Not on my clothes, not my on my body. All I do is get home, strip, and shower. I do my tick check. All crevices, in between the toes, hair, armpits. Flipping through my labia like a damn book. Looking for them sesame seed motherfuckers. NONE. NOT ONE. I've been barreling through tall grass, short grass, rugged parts of the forest with only deer trails, crouching by riverbeds. And I have yet to see my first tick of the year. And I haven't even treated any clothes with permethrin yet.

Honestly the lack of ticks has me more stressed than NO ticks. It just can't be possible that I haven't carried any home. So I'm checking myself even on days I'm not outside because maybe they fell on my carpet or in my laundry basket or in my car.

I just wanted to share this experience. This is the first time in my life that I have been more paranoid about NOT having ticks.

I found this data on Lyme Disease in the US from 2000 through 2023.

https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-research/facts-stats/lyme-disease-case-map.html

Wondering if/when there will be updated data for 2024, 2025. In CO, Lyme disease has seen a dramatic increase (averaging 0-1 to 32 in 2023). I'm wondering what the updated data shows.

Wife found this on her. She said it was not moving when on her and after she pulled it off. Said it was easy to pull off and barely left a mark. Any idea how long it was attached and if worth to go to emergency room for medicine? We’re in Maryland. Problem is she dropped it in the bathroom and can’t find it but again was lifeless on the tweezers.

Ticks this year have been absolutely insane so far and my dog has multiple each day, she has white fur so we catch a bunch before they even bite, but somehow there is still a big amount that we miss. One day i counted 16 ticks i had to pull out.

First off i wanna say we're looking for something not chemical or harmful, we used to give her a pill which worked really well. One of those that kills the tick when they bite, but those have some bad side effects, one time she already had some sort of epileptic attack or something similar to it even though she doesn't have epilepsy or any issue like that.

We also don't really want collars because she sleeps in bed with us and it can release chemicals that aren't good for us.

So far we've tried adding brewers yeast into her food which some people say works, but it hasn't for us, even after about 4 weeks. Right now we're trying some natural oils that should change her scent and make it unappealing to ticks, but after a week there has been no improvement at all.

We really don't know what other options there could be or what would even work. If you have any suggestions, or have something that worked for you it'd be a big help.

This is a bit of a long one so thank you for reading if you got through it all.

Went hiking in the Pine Barrens all day yesterday and just yanked this guy off of my inner arm