The blood-sucking arachnids' activity peaks at multiple times throughout the year, depending on species and life stage.

Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

Deer ticks, also known as blacklegged ticks, are hard ticks identifiable by their red-orange body, and black scutum, which looks like a dot on the upper half of its shield.

What do these ticks look like? The American dog tick is a darker, medium, brownish color as an adult, with “creamy colored markings on their body,” Hayes said.

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What do these ticks look like? The American dog tick is a darker, medium, brownish color as an adult, with “creamy colored markings on their body,” Hayes said.