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 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
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleInactive
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleInactive
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Inactive
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaInactive
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
February
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaInactive
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphInactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
- 2Lone Star TickNymphInactive
March
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
April
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
May
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
June
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickNymphActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
July
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleActivity
August
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- Lone Star TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphInactive
September
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- Lone Star TickLarvaActivity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphInactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleInactive
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleInactive
- 2Lone Star TickNymphInactive
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Inactive
October
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
- 2Lone Star TickNymphInactive
November
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
- 2Lone Star TickNymphInactive
December
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
- 2Lone Star TickNymphInactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleInactive
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleInactive
- American Dog TickLarvaInactive
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleInactive
Southeast Central
January
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Inactive
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaInactive
February
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
March
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickNymphActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
April
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
May
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
June
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
July
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
August
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleActivity
- Lone Star TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
September
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- Lone Star TickLarvaActivity
October
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- Gulf Coast TickLarvaActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
November
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- Gulf Coast TickLarvaActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
December
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 5Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickNymphInactive
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleInactive
Mid Atlantic
January
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickNymphInactive
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleInactive
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleInactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- American Dog TickLarvaInactive
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
February
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickNymphInactive
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleInactive
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult MaleInactive
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleInactive
- American Dog TickLarvaInactive
- Lone Star TickLarvaInactive
March
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Gulf Coast TickNymphActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- Brown Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Gulf Coast TickAdult FemaleActivity
April
- Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult MaleActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
May
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- 2Lone Star TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- American Dog TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
June
- 6Blacklegged (Deer) TickNymphActivity
- 2Lone Star TickNymphActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Fully Fed)Activity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult FemaleActivity
- American Dog TickLarvaActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2Lone Star TickAdult MaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult FemaleActivity
- 2American Dog TickAdult Female (Partially Fed)Activity
- 1Blacklegged (Deer) TickLarvaActivity