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Lifetime Learning: Ticks - One Bite Can Change Your Life

  • Snow Library 67 Main Street Orleans, MA United States (map)

Lyme Disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, deer ticks can carry the pathogens which cause Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Relapsing Fever and Powassan Virus, all of which can be very serious. In this class, led by Barnstable County entomologist Larry Dapsis, we will learn the basic life cycle and ecology of deer, dog and lone star ticks. A three-point protection plan will be outlined:  Protect Yourself, Protect Your Yard and Protect Your Pet.

Presented by the Friends of Snow Library. For more info or to register, visit friendsofsnowlibrary.org/.