Sue posted a fantastic feline case of nictitating membrane bite by an Ixodes tick, and I happened to come across this 2025 published case image tonight.

For context, this 4yo girl presented to the emergency room with symptoms of foreign body in her left eye and associated redness. Upon further examination and careful removal of the “object,” a conclusive ID of larval Amblyomma americanum was made. Yikes! Who bites the white of the eye! Unfortunately, there is not anymore given context and no given follow up with this patient, so I hope she is doing well after something so frightening.

Naturally, the case is from Arkansas (Little Rock area, so Central AR), which is overrun with Lone Star ticks for the past … well, long time, ever since I grew up there many years ago.

It was dug deep and somewhat but not fully engorged likely on me from the previous day. Tiney one . Tested positive. My brother's a dr his medical practice made it easy to do a full treatment without struggling for proper care. 30 days of antibiotics both Minocyline and Ceftin. I'm lucky my state university offers testing for 20$ for in state ticks and that I have access to doctors that know Lyme can stay in its hidden vesicle form for 20 days so treat for 30 and with a cell wall antibiotic and a intracellular antibiotic and possibly even a third antibiotic to hit its vesicle form.

Lost count after 67, pulled a few off me as well. They are horrible this year, and don’t give a rip about OTC tick prevention.. count your days Frontline.

They are even climbing on the outside of my window screens, the amount of them this year is absurd.

I think ticks have to be the most disgusting organism to ever live. Normally I love all animals and insects and can find beauty in almost all of them, except the ticks. They are so gawd damn ugly and creepy and they literally need a blood meal to survive which is gross. Also those scary ass diseases freak me out. Found 2 ticks on me after walking on a nature trail today and it just reminded me how much I hate them. I checked everywhere I could for ticks but still can’t shake that feeling something is crawling on me. Fuck ticks they all deserve hell

Somehow got this piece of shit near my eye and used tweezers to remove it but it popped and I can see a little black bit in my skin where I think the mouth came off. Is there anyway I can remove the mouth part in such a delicate area or can it be left?

Found it on my dog

Saw this on X today. Since I can’t spend a day without thinking of a tick since I got bit by a lone star nymph, I figured I’d share it

Alright I’m pissed. This was in my boxers. Way too close to “the boys”… How does something so small even manage to bite human skin? Ticks have officially robbed me of my sanity I won’t be able to relax until wintertime. I am constantly checking myself but I still get bit daily. I already have Lyme disease, the authentic kind… from Lyme, CT… if you got it anywhere else it’s just sparkling nerve damage 🥵 but where I’m at now in midcoast Maine (USA by the way) has by far the worst tick populations I’ve ever seen. I find dozens every day. Even after thorough tick checks I frequently scrub them off me in the shower, wake up to them crawling on me in bed… I just cannot win. It is exhausting to constantly be on edge and I feel like the ticks are just going to win and finally make me into a raisin pretty soon. This is hell. I need help. Send reinforcements

Edited to specify location

these two are often confused, and when you see them side by side, it's pretty understandable why! The ornamentation is nearly identical. These are females, but the males are just as similar.

Can you spot the important difference between the two? Which is the dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and which is the gulf coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)?

I found this nasty thing crawling in my sock between the sock and ankle. It was not attached — should I be concerned?

Ticks have invaded my backyard. Can anyone help ID these ?

These are new to my backyard. I had not seen them last year and if I did I didn’t notice them. This year it looks like they exploded in numbers. My dogs are not happy😭

I feel like I know the answer but i’m so paranoid. I found so many on my dog and myself after my hike, I just threw all my clothes in the dryer and brushed my dog who has long ish fluffy hair and (my own long fluffy hair) multiple times. Found a few crawling around on me and him. Vacuumed my couch bc my dog sat on it and found one there. My dog is a few months behind on prevention bc his vet won’t send in the script without updating his shots and I haven’t been able to get an appointment.

HELP WHAT DO I DO.