Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

The white markings also help to separate gender. Males have the markings all over their backs, but on females; they only ...

The size and appearance of lone star ticks varies depending on their sex and life stage. Adult females are the easiest to ...

They also lack the American dog tick’s characteristic white markings, and the back end of the female blacklegged tick is reddish-orange in appearance. The adult female Lone star tick has a ...