Try taking our true and false quiz and test your knowledge. Ticks are related to spiders. Each female tick lays 3,000 eggs. The life cycle of the deer tick is completed in less than one year. Ticks are killed by cold weather.
Ticks can transmit a disease within two hours of biting the animal.
You should not use your fingers to remove a tick . The common swelling around a tick bite is caused by the tick's saliva. Insect growth regulators such as Nylar, Precor and Program kill ticks. Lyme disease usually develops 2-5 months after the bite of an infected tick. Ticks feed on blood and insects.