Lone star tick bites can cause a lifelong allergy to red meat. Source: syracuse
Different Tick, Same Repellents: CDC Study Shows How to Avoid Asian Longhorned Tick
New CDC research shows DEET and other EPA-approved repellents are effective against the invasive Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis). Source: Entomology Today
6 Things You Need to Know About the Asian Longhorned Tick (via EverydayHealth.com)
Expert answers on potential risks and why health officials are keeping a close eye on this foreign invader. Source: EverydayHealth.com
Asian Longhorned Tick Confirmed In Ky. (via LEX18.com)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)- An invasive Asian tick has now been Seen in the Bluegrass. No, thank you. The Asian Longhorned tick has been making its trek through the country after being discovered in the United States for the first time in New Jersey in 2017. The Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky says … Source: LEX18.com
It’s time to be thinking about ticks as temperatures warm
Deer ticks are the most common type found in Ohio, those are the ones you and your pet are most likely to run into. However, the CDC is closely monitoring the spread of the invasive Asian long horned tick too. Source: WSYX
Asian longhorn tick continues northward march (via The Martha’s Vineyard Times)
The Asian longhorn tick, an invasive species from East Asia and Australia, continues to spread north and is now found in Connecticut. As The Times reported last summer, the tick was first discovered on sheep in New Jersey in 2017. Source: The Martha’s Vineyard Times
Rapidly growing tick species could threaten Staten Island this summer (via silive.com)
Many of the deer that researchers studied in the borough carried the Asian longhorned tick. Source: silive.com
Asian longhorned ticks getting ready to spread further in the US – BugBitten (via BugBitten)
Krisztian Magori provides an update on the geographical distribution of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in the United States, and his personal perspective getting involved in tracking this invasive tick. Source: BugBitten
Researchers predict spread of invasive longhorned ticks into North America (via r20.rs6.net)
MANHATTAN â A recently invaded tick species known as the longhorned tick could establish itself in wide swathes of North America â if they are transported accidentally. This prediction was published in a new study in Natureâs Scientific Reports by Ram Raghavan, assistant professor at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and his international team of collaborators. Source: … Read More
Visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick: Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical species (via ScienceDaily)
Researchers have created a visual guide to help identify and control the Asian longhorned tick, which transmits a fatal human disease in its native countries and threatens livestock in the United States. Source: ScienceDaily