Use a clean, fine-tipped pair of tweezers to grab its body and steadily pull it upwards.

It looks like an insect, but it’s not. You can tell a tick by its hard shield (scutum) and in the case of the Lone Star species, a scutum with a wh...

The bite looks like a normal bug bite. However, those that cause Lyme disease cause a bullseye rash.

Remove it immediately and carefully with tweezers, sanitize the bite area and your hands, and get rid of the pest.

Yes, they carry diseases that can infect humans as well as dogs and cats.

It’s an arachnid, which is related to spiders, mites, and scorpions.

Yes, it has curved teeth as well as spines on its mouthparts.

No, they don’t hurt, because the pests inject a chemical into the host’s blood to prevent them from feeling pain. The only way to notice it is by s...

Ticks are eaten by chickens, guinea fowl, and frogs.

The key differences between fleas and ticks include size, appearance, behavioral characteristics, and how they move.