KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — Nothing sours a lovely day spent outside quite like a nasty tick bite.

The tiny bloodsuckers may be small, but one tick can transmit numerous diseases like Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever. • 13 April 2025, Brandenburg, Reitwein: Two ticks (Ixodida) can be seen on the top of a stalk in a meadow. Here the blood-sucking ectoparasites are waiting for their prey. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) • 15 March 2024, Saxony, Battaune: A meadow tick caught by scientists from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Leipzig University. Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Willnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

It stands to reason that, therefore, higher tick populations can increase the risk of expos

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