Deer ticks have arrived in Montana
Pictured above is a photo of a Rocky Mountain wood tick (left) next to a blacklegged tick (right) on top of a dime for scale. (Rocky Mountain Laboratories)
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred to as a “deer tick” or “blacklegged tick”.
State health officials report that in the past year three blacklegged ticks were identified in the state for the first time through active surveillance conducted by researchers and public health officials. The ticks were found in Dawson and Sheridan counties.
Blacklegged ticks are much smaller and darker in color than most other ticks in Montana that might feed on humans.
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