Maps Show North America’s Growing Tick Invasion

 

Yikes!

Be sure to take all the necessary precautions when hiking through these red zones.

Here are some terrifying images of the growing tick threat in North America, courtesy of NASA satellite data. The images accompany recent research showing that warmer climates over the past two decades have allowed Lyme disease-carrying deer ticks to survive and spread farther into Canada and parts of the Northern U.S.

LINK (via: Gizmodo)

 

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