TIPS FOR PREVENTING TICK BITES

Wear protective clothing that covers all your skin and tuck in loose clothing.
Use repellent containing DEET or permethrin.
Perform daily tick checks.
Be aware ticks love tall grass, especially on the border of trees.
Ticks seasons are May-July and then October-November.

People Prevention

Pet Prevention

Hiking Prevention

Yard Prevention

Here’s a diagram of common places ticks will likely be on your body. Feel for little bumps and look for small dark spots that may look like freckles.

Blacklegged/Deer tick nymphs are typically the size of a poppy seed in diameter, while adults are roughly the size of a sesame seed.

Check yourself and your pets for ticks every time you come in from being outside. Ticks seasons are May-July and October-November.

Here’s a diagram of common places ticks will likely be on your dog. Feel for little bumps and look for small dark spots that may look like freckles.

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Fungal Pesticides

Metarhizium anisopliae — A fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasitoid. It emits chemicals that can dissolve the outer shell of the tick and then emit more chemicals to engulf the tick insides. Found in South Korea.

Metarhizium brunneum — Met52 Fungal spores are ~45% effective at killing tick larvae after 3 days and ~96% after 9 days, depending on the stage of tick and times of application. Found in VT.