Unsolicited Hitch Hikers, Ticks (a chart)

We love spending family outings in Indiana and Wisconsin. And with our joy of hiking and bug collecting comes the unsolicited hitchhiker, the tick.

Thru reviewing tickencounter.org we've learned that only adult ticks carry Lyme disease. The larva stages do not. So knowing your tick sizes is imperative to understanding possible infection.

Unsolicited Hitch Hikers, Ticks (a chart), a photo by areyousureaboutthatblog on Flickr.

Even tho we cover ourselves well, and use bug spray designed to help prevent ticks, we always check ourselves (in a strip search method) when returning from walks. Checking hairlines, in between our finger folds, and shake out our hair.

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