Once the tick is removed from the skin, the DEP advises washing the area with soap and water and disinfecting the bite site.

The blood-sucking arachnids' activity peaks at multiple times throughout the year, depending on species and life stage.

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

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