Heads up - wood ticks are out and about in the Thompson-Okanagan

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Ticks can be found year round, but are most likely to bite from March to June. Entomologist Rob Higgins says the most common area to find ticks is on grasslands. Western black legged ticks, a species which exists in low numbers in B.C., can carry Lyme disease.

Published 2 months ago · Kelowna, Canada

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Heads up - wood ticks are out and about in the Thompson-Okanagan

Tick season is back in the Okanagan. Colin Kennedy came across one of the blood-suckers while taking a walk with his dog. Kennedy was on the Test of Humanity Trail in Summerland last week and came home with an unwanted passenger – a wood tick. “I just thought it would be good to report i...

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