If you live in Wisconsin, you know it’s tick season.

And with ticks comes the possibility of Lyme disease.

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by the saliva of black-legged or deer ticks. Ticks often secrete anesthesia as they bite, so the bite is painless.

Since we know ticks transmit Lyme disease, it should be easy to stop, right?

Not really. Besides biting painlessly, deer ticks are small. Adults are the size of sesame seeds, while the younger nymphs that also carry Lyme disease are the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Their size makes it challenging to find them.

Not all ticks […]