Tick Finder Tool

Find a tick? Or just curious about tick activity in your region? Maybe you want to discover tick encounter risk across the country before your next trip? Pick a date and pick a region, then use our tool to get started.

Tick Activity

Select a region Northeast Central Southeast Central Mid Atlantic Mountain New England Pacific South Atlantic Northwest Central Southwest Central

Select a month January February March April May June July August September October November December

Select a region to begin searching for ticks, and adjust the time of year to see how tick activity changes.

Results will appear here, sorted from most to least active.

Northeast Central

January

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive

February

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive

March

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

April

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

May

• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity

June

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity

July

• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity

August

• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive

September

• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive

October

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Inactive

November

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive

December

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  1

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Inactive

Southeast Central

January

• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive

February

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity

March

• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity

April

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity

May

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity

June

• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Activity

July

• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

August

• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

September

• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity

October

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

November

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  Gulf Coast Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity

December

• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  5

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Inactive

Mid Atlantic

January

• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  Lone Star Tick

  Larva

  Inactive
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive

February

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Inactive
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Inactive
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Inactive

March

• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Gulf Coast Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Brown Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity

April

• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity

May

• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Partially Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity

June

• 
  6

  Blacklegged (Deer) Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Nymph

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Female (Fully Fed)

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Female

  Activity
• 
  American Dog Tick

  Larva

  Activity
• 
  2

  American Dog Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2

  Lone Star Tick

  Adult Male

  Activity
• 
  2