Know About Ticks And What Repels Ticks
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There are various measures of protection against tick bites. Depending on the type of active ingredient, tick repellents are divided into two types. One group is the real repellents, the other the contact poisons. What repels ticks does not necessarily kill them. Repellents work through their smell, which is somehow unpleasant for insects and thus … Read more
The Center for Diseases Control (CDC) warns that incidents of Lyme disease are up by as much as 10 times over the past years. This is because ticks have spread to more areas in the country due to warmer weather in recent years. If you spend a lot of time outdoors, tick protection clothing may … Read more
There is a lot of false knowledge about ticks. Some have a little fact to them, others are just myths. You hear myths like ticks fall from trees onto their victims, only forest workers are at risk or ticks can be removed with glue. True is: ticks can be quite dangerous because they can transmit … Read more
Ticks belong to the family of spiders (arachnids), an adult tick has 8 legs. Insects have 6 legs and may have wings too. There are over 800 species of ticks known worldwide. Ticks are ectoparasites (living on instead of inside a host). They need to feed on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and … Read more
The body of a tick often contains a whole cocktail of different types of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, which can be transferred by a tick bite. At least 16 diseases are known that ticks can transmit to humans. Some tick species can cause more than one disease with a tick bite because ticks can carry … Read more