"These bugs are not named for Texas, but for a bright spot that marks the female. They carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other serious diseases, and their bite can even cause humans to become dangerously allergic to red meat."

"Ticks, trash and wildfires may not be the stuff of Patti Page’s hit, but they are as much a part of old Cape Cod as oysters growing quietly in their safe cages and children playing at summer camp. A group of county officials and members of the Cape’s League of Women Voters saw it all on the annual tour offered by the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension on Wednesday."

"First stop was Sandy Neck Beach Park, where park manager Nina Coleman and county entomologist Larry Dapsis described a new concern, not about the beach but about the shrubby wooded uplands where people hunt and pick berries, and where staff need to go. The worry: Lone Star Ticks."

"These bugs are not named for Texas, but for a bright spot that marks the female. They carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other serious diseases, and their bite can even cause humans to become dangerously allergic to red meat."

Tour displays county’s reach on the Upper Cape

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