Ticks often leave a small, red bump after they detach from their host. If you have a bug bite, make note if it is: Itchy Red Gets puffy or raised Starts to look like a bruise If you are ...

Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there ...

They include tucking long pants into your socks, doing a tick check at the end of the day, and using an effective insect repellent. But what is an effective tick repellent? Is it the same as one ...

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View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Astealthy quest is afoot in the forests of the Netherlands. Sitting atop a blade of grass, biding time till its next blood meal, is a hard tick.

With summer comes insect bites. Most insect stings result in small, local reactions, and these can be treated by ...

A Center for Disease Control report released this month shows insect-borne diseases have tripled across the U.S. this century. In 2004, there were 27,388 diseases caused by ticks, fleas and ...

Not a winged bug, but definitely a summer contender. Ticks are very small, blood-sucking parasites that enjoy warm, moist conditions. They climb on high grass to hook onto their hosts, such as ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.