Don't get ticked
Learn about ticks so you can better protect yourself, your family, and your pets from tick-borne illness.
Ticks
What are ticks?
Ticks are arachnids closely related to mites and spiders. All stages of ticks (except eggs) feed on blood for energy to grow and later reproduce. Several tick species are a human health concern in New York.
Tick related links and resources
Tick Habitats
Repellents and Clothing Treatments
- Clothing Treatment—Permethrin Treated Clothing Can Kill Ticks (pdf)
- Repellent Use—Repellents Help You Avoid Ticks (pdf)
Monitoring for and minimizing ticks in your environment
- Monitor for Ticks in Your School Yard (pdf)
- Monitor for Ticks in Your Own Backyard (pdf)
- Minimize Ticks in a School Yard (pdf)
- Minimize Ticks in Your Yard (pdf)
Protect your pets
Tick check infographics by audience or activity
- Live in Tick Country? Do a Daily Tick Check! (features a farmer) (pdf)
- Live in Tick Country? Do a Daily Tick Check! (features a hunter) (pdf)
- Live in Tick Country? Do a Daily Tick Check! (features children) (pdf)
- Live in Tick Country? Do a Daily Tick Check! (features a mature woman) (pdf)
- Angler Tick Check (3.8 MB PDF)
- Camper Tick Check (2.4 MB PDF)
- Farm Worker Tick Check (3 MB PDF)
- Golfer Tick Check (4.8 MB PDF)
- Hiker Tick Check (4.4 MB PDF)
- Soccer Player Tick Check (4.8 MB PDF)
Other
NYSIPM program links
- Asian Longhorned Tick
- Understanding and Managing Ticks - A Guide for Schools, Child Care and Camps (pdf)
- See tick-tagged blog posts at The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management
- NYSIPM YouTube Playlist for Ticks
- NYSIPM Flickr Gallery - Ticks
Additional information
- ALERT! Longhorned tick found in NY - NE Vector Borne Disease Center Fact Sheet
- Tick Biology for the Homeowner - Cornell (pdf)
- Deer Tick Factsheet - Cornell's Insect Diagnostic Laboratory (pdf)
- Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Ticks
- NYS Department of Health – Ticks
- TickEncounter Resource Center
Ongoing Research