Updates
May, 2022: Colleagues in Michigan are reporting a lot of nymphal blacklegged deer ticks. It's time to do those tick checks and use your repellents if you are going to be in tick-y areas.
May, 2022: It's National Lyme Disease Awareness month. Be sure to know the symptoms of tick-transmitted diseases like Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis. If you find a tick feeding on you, send a photo to UWMEL or the Tick App for identification. Or put it in a plastic bag or old medicine container and freeze it so you can show your doctor if you develop any symptoms..
April, 2022: Ticks make it through Wisconsin winters just fine and are now starting to be more active. Be sure to protect yourself and your pets.
March, 2022: Warmer temperatures mean that adult blacklegged deer ticks are now active. We collected our first blacklegged deer ticks on March 16 in a Madison natural area. Be sure to start tick checks whenever you have been outside.
2021: We documented the presence of blacklegged deer tick populations in every county in Wisconsin except for Winnebago. If you know of a location in Winnebago County where you or a pet have picked up deer ticks, please let us know.
FOR 2022: We are excited to expand the Tick App to provide reminders about prevention strategies! The Tick App is a smartphone application to study human behavior, tick exposure and the risk of Lyme disease by collecting data through simple surveys with a citizen science approach.
Nymphal deer ticks can be in your lawn. We found lots of them in mowed grass near woods while sampling at home sites in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and near Mirror Lake. 