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TICK DISEASE PRIMER (Offsite) HOW TO REMOVE A TICK (Offsite) PREVENTION (Offsite) TICK IDENTIFICATION Site last updated: March 7, 2008
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TICK IDENTIFICATION
You've found a tick. Is it the type of tick which may be infected with a disease-causing organism? Here's some ways to help find out. Generally, veterinarians can identify ticks much better than doctors for people. You could show them your tick and they could identify it for you. The Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island provides information regarding ticks and tick-transmitted diseases in an interactive manner. Their Tick Identification page allows you to not only compare pictures of different ticks to help identify what you have, but also to compare these ticks, in actual size, during the different phases of their life cycle. You could also compare the tick you have with some of the pictures found at the Iowa State University's Entomology Department site. The State University of New York @ Stony Brook offers some pictures of ticks and of the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, Borellia burgdorferi. The Lyme Disease Foundation's Gallery of Tick Pictures may also be helpful. Lone-star ticks have been found on Prudence Island and so one should be aware that this tick could also be found anywhere in Rhode Island. |
