LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Warm weather means more time outside — but it also means more encounters with ticks.
Hannah Tiffin with the UK Extension Office says ticks are especially common in wooded areas, tall grass and other places where they can easily latch onto people or animals. Clothing and behavior are the first line of defense, Tiffin said.
“Our behaviors and the things we wear are kind of our key first line of defense against ticks. Things like wearing long pants… tucking your pants into your socks or wearing tall boots.”…