Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni) (Adult)

It Just Ticks You Off


Tick season is about to start. Ticks in Idaho spread among other diseases, West Nile virus, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, tick-borne relapsing fever and tularemia. Lyme disease gets all the press, but so far the tick species that transmits Lyme disease, Western Blacklegged Tick, is found only in North Idaho. Still who wants a blood-sucking…