Bumper summer for deer ticks

The deer ticks were out in force last weekend in N.W. Indiana.  I found several on my dogs and myself after walking in meadow and woodland. One to ten percent of deer ticks carry the babesia parasite. By comparison, 20 percent to 25 percent of deer ticks carry the agent for Lyme disease. 

Symptoms of the illness, according to the CDC, range from none at all among young, healthy individuals to nonspecific flu-like symptoms, such as fever, chills, sweats, headache, body aches, loss of appetite, nausea or fatigue. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/deer-tick/

Deer tick (in the arachnid family)