Hi everyone, happy Monday! I hope you’re all staying healthy and continuing to social distance. My mask has been my best friend for the past couple months and I don’t see that changing anytime soon *sigh*. On a tick related note, today I am going to be talking about some interesting survey results from a [...]
Hi everyone, Tattle here! Hope everyone had an amazing 4th of July and stayed safe from ticks while having fun outdoors. I am back with a new blog discussing some tick related reminders and news! After several months of stay-at-home orders and chilly weather, it is finally July. Time flies! My mind is still in [...]
Hi everyone, Tattle here! A new week means a new blog. Photo credit: George Poinar, Jr. / Oregon State University. As discussed in my last blog, Lyme disease was only recognized nearly 50 years ago, but this disease existed wayyy before humans did. Lyme disease is estimated to be about 15 million years [...]
Photo Credit: CDC/James Gathany Hi there! Tattle, here. I know it's been a while but I'm back! Although we’re nearing the end of May, it’s still Lyme Disease Awareness Month and is never too late to be cautious when we are dealing with tick season! In the U.S, Lyme disease wasn’t recognized until [...]
(Ticks that fed on dinosaurs found trapped in amber).
Hmm, (Nuttall 2019). (Zhang 2019). (Embers and Narasimhan, 2013). (Šimo et al., 2017). (Bloodsucking Ticks Make Cement to Attach to Your Skin)
Brrrr! It's a chilly day here in Illinois with all the wind. I'm not complaining however. Can you imagine being frozen in a glacier for thousands of years and suffer from Lyme disease?! Whew, I can't image that ever actually happening to anyone. Doctors examining the body of Ötzi, the Iceman with Lyme disease [...]
Peek-a-boo! It's me, Tattle, and I'm about to share a huge secret to my blog followers and answer one of the most commonly asked questions: where do ticks hide? In short, ticks like to hide in warm, moist areas of the body. However, I like to go into more detail so that my fellow followers [...]
You know what would be super useful information to know? How to ID ticks of course! Imagine it, you are out and about... and BAM! There is a tick crawling on your shirt. Naturally you would want to know what type of tick it is right? Knowing the types of ticks out there can help [...]
Hey everyone, Welcome back to the weekly Tattle the Tick blog. Today we will discussing what happens when a fellow tick bites you and how to properly remove it. The I-TICK program provides a 'tick kit' for all of our participants. In each kit, there is a data sheet, 5 vials filled with ethanol, [...]
