@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksLone star ticks will pursue hosts up to 3 meters away and are FAST. Plus they are gregarious so if one is tracking you down there are likely others. Potentially dozens, maybe hundreds. #AlphaGalSyndrome #ticks https://youtu.be/e6vzTYhK72A
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksIn case anyone needs tick advice. #ticks #ixodida https://colinpurrington.com/2019/06/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ticks/
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksTick survives 8 years without a blood meal. Just something to think about. #ticks https://www.sciencealert.com/these-ticks-can-survive-for-years-without-eating-and-live-to-nearly-30-years-of-age
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksNeed a tick identified? Send dorsal and ventral pics to The Tick Lab of Pennsylvania, and they'll email you back with an answer. #tick #ticks #disease #health https://www.ticklab.org/identify-my-tick
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksThe Tick Lab of Pennsylvania offers free testing to residents of the Commonwealth. You can send up to five ticks taken off the host (person or pet). #pennsylvania #ticks #lyme #disease #health #outdoors #hiking https://www.ticklab.org/test-my-tick
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksArticle on some of the important tick species in the United States, with a reminder that they sometimes harbor more than one disease. So even if you test positive for Lyme you might also have an undiagnosed, second illness. [gift link] #ticks #disease #nature #lyme #alphagal #health #ixodidae https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/well/live/tick-bites-diseases-symptoms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.4XTu.Gu4hPsw1SpEv&smid=url-share