A new tick from Asia is now here

[Hunter007]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/health/asian-long-horned-tick.html

Asian long horned tick can carry diseases deadly to humans and  has been spotted in NY 

 

For the first time in 50 years, a new tick species has arrived in the United States — one that in its Asian home range carries fearsome diseases.

The Asian long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is spreading rapidly along the Eastern Seaboard. It has been found in seven states and in the heavily populated suburbs of New York City.

Edited August 13, 2018 by Storm914

[mowin]

Joy.   Just what we need.  

[grampy]

Great.......... I hate all them crawly bastids!  Wasn't that long ago, when you could spend days or even weeks in the woods, and not see one on you.  Now it seems, as soon as you step off the pavement, you have one crawling on you!