The Weather Channel recently announced most of the U.S. will be “a tick time-bomb” in 2021, adding that the threat ticks pose this year is slightly above average in California.
Despite the drought — which is normally a deterrent for ticks — scientists are noticing more of those bloodsuckers on the coast than ever.
Some of these rampant tick species are known to carry spotted fever pathogens and occasionally transmit tularemia, a rare disease that attacks the skin, eyes, lymph nodes and lungs
While she hopes she doesn’t have to use it, our parks editor learned a clever (if extreme) way to stop the insects in their tracks.
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California Parklands is curated by Jasmine Garnett and California Parks editor Ashley Harrell. Contact Garnett at Jasmine.Garnett@sfgate.com or Harrell at Ashley.Harrell@sfgate.com.
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