We have a new bloodsucker in the neighborhood and it is not a human bloodsucker; it is, instead, a professional bloodsucker.
Yes, I am referring to a new tick that just showed up on our doorstep here in the Midwest.
This tick, commonly referred to as the Asian longhorned tick, is unfortunately hitch-hiking its way across the US.
When I refer to hitchhiking, I don’t mean riding shotgun in a pickup but rather hitchhiking by being attached to deer, birds and other animals that are mobile enough to cross state lines willy-nilly.
That is how the Asian longhorned tick arrived here within the past year or so. And yes, we now have an additional tick problem.
