A new tick is spreading through Virginia, threatening livestock, wildlife and maybe people

An Asian longhorned tick nymph is as big as a poppy seed and four times that size as an adult. (Credit: Kevin Lahmers, DVM, PhD / Virginia Tech)

A new kind of tick has been spreading across the United States. It may have come from Australia or New Zealand, and it turned up in Virginia in 2018.

Sandy Hausman reports on what makes the Asian longhorn especially scary and why a professor at Virginia Tech feels he was meant to help protect people and animals from the tiny brown biter.

Tick, Ticks, Virginia Tech

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