Lone star ticks being reported on Martha’s Vineyard. Each tick lays 6,000 eggs, and Lone star ticks considered more aggressive — they can sense day and night, and will move towards a target (whereas other ticks passively attach). Distinct from other ticks that inject a substance that has anaesthestic properties so that tick bites are seldom felt by humans, Lone star tick bites are painful. Lone star ticks are known to carry several diseases, including tularemia, which can be deadly, and a syndrome similar to Lyme disease.
Cape Pogue resident Donald Greenstein has been finding lone star ticks on his property for years, but never in their current numbers. In June, after...
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