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Adult Western Blacklegged Ticks- A close cousin of the deer tick, this West Coast tick also transmits the agents causing Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis. Risk is a bit lower than our east, but this tick is especially common on hiking trails. They latch on about knee-height and crawl up, so be sure to tuck your shirt in, and for heaven's sake, wear tick repellent clothes.