Blacklegged Ticks Identified in Two Montana Counties

Blacklegged Ticks Identified in Two Montana Counties

DPHHS requests public help this spring with tick surveillance

Blacklegged Ticks Now Identified In Two Montana Counties

Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred to as a “deer tick” or “blacklegged tick.” State health officials report that over the past year three blacklegged ticks were identified in the state for the first time through active surveillance conducted b...