You Won’t Be Happy To Hear That North Dakota Is Experiencing A Surge Of Ticks This Year
By Leah|Published May 11, 2019
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Leah moved to North Dakota when she was 12 years old and has traveled from the Red River Valley to the badlands and many places in between. She loves small-town life and currently enjoys living on a small farm in the ND prairie. She's always had a passion for writing and has participated in novel writing challenges such as NaNoWriMo multiple times. Her favorite part about this job is recognizing small businesses that deserve a boost and seeing the positive affect her articles can have on their traffic, especially in rural areas that might have otherwise gone overlooked.
Spring is here and that means being outside more and the return of pesky bugs. After an especially wet late winter the conditions are, unfortunately, just right for a surge of biting insects, especially ticks. With recent studies of North Dakota tick populations and the amount that carry diseases, it is especially important to stay in the know and take precautions against them. Here is some information about this upcoming tick season:
You can read more about the NPMA’s tick and bug forecast by clicking here, and more about the 2018 tick surveillance report, tick-transmitted diseases, and more at the North Dakota Department of Health page here.
There are quite a few creepy, crawly insects in North Dakota besides ticks. Here is a list of bugs you can find in ND, some of which deliver quite the sting.
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