Pennsylvania Deer Tick, Black legged tick, Wood ticks and dog ticks

The deer tick is a small creature that has a two year life span. He sucks blood out of mammals and sometimes transmits diseases between animal and human. The most famous of these is Lyme disease named after the small town near where it was first identified.

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Small critters that suck blood The wood ticks and dog ticks are larger than deer ticks. This appears to be a male deer tick. They have a 2 year life span and have 3 blood feedings throughout thier lifespan.	smaller than the tip of a finger To view a larger version click the picture	Information about real estate auctions.Click Here! Closeup of tick on stone waiting for a warm blooded victim
The underside of a tick sometimes is hard to see They can blend in with surroundings.	They are hard to kill by just squeezing them Dont burn ticks off with cigarettes, or hot matches. Using nail polish or other asphyxiants could cause the tick to regurgitate disease pathogens into the wound.	You can see the head in this picture Grabbing the tick by his head and pulling him out is the best method.
To remove ticks use tweezers to pull them loose by grabbing their head, not the body. They have been known to spread diseases such as rocky mountain spotted fever, lyme disease (named after the town where an outbreak happened), and ecoli. It stands to reason if they suck blood from animals and humans, that bloodborne pathogens can be transmitted.