![]() ![]() ![]() The intent is to monitor the distribution of tick species in NH. The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food offers free tick identification to New Hampshire residents. If you think you have found one of these ticks in New Hampshire, please submit the tick for identification by entomologists at the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food. It is possible for wildlife to bring these ticks into New Hampshire as they move across state borders. NH DPHS has received anecdotal reports of these ticks being found but no ticks have been confirmed as the Lone Star tick. *As of Summer 2018, the Lone Star tick has not been confirmed as established in New Hampshire. ECO tests offer the Universal Pathogen Screen (5 pathogens). Their test offers the Universal Pathogen Screen (9 pathogens).ĮCO Laboratory’s goal is to provide accurate and timely tick test results indicating the existence of a wide range of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease. Ticknology’s team strives to provide reliable, accurate, and timely information to persons at risk from tick bites. ![]() New Hampshire Division of Public Health Servicesĭon’t miss a tick – Identification reference card for the life stages of the Blacklegged Tick. You can help by sending them any ticks that you find along with information on where and when you find them. Use the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology’s website,, for reliable, high quality tick testing with the lowest cost and fastest turn-around time in the industry.īeBop Labs is currently collecting, identifying, and tracking areas with heavy tick populations and tick-borne diseases. This diagram shows the life cycle of blacklegged ticks that can transmit anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease. Ticks that require this many hosts can take up to 3 years to complete their full life cycle, and most will die because they don’t find a host for their next feeding.īlacklegged Tick (Deer Tick) Life Cycle Chart After hatching from the eggs, ticks must eat blood at every stage to survive. Most ticks go through four life stages: egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged nymph, and adult. TickEncounter now partners with UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology and their to offer reliable, high quality tick testing with the lowest cost and fastest turn-around time in the industry. The TickEncounter Resource Center promotes tick-bite protection and tick-borne disease prevention by engaging, educating, and empowering people to take action. This includes ticks and tick-borne diseases. The UNH Cooperative Extension provides research-based information and education to NH residents on topics important to the state. University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension CDC’s Tick identification chart illustrates the size and appearance of the Blacklegged Tick (commonly known as a “Deer Tick”), Lone Star Tick* and Dog Tick at larval, nymph and adult stages.įact Sheet: Biology and Management of Ticks in New Hampshire ![]()
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