Warm weather signals a resurgence of nature's activity.
Let the presence of insects serve as a reminder that ticks, such as the deer tick, have become active too. Peak exposure to ticks that carry the disease occurs in the spring with a second peak occurring in the fall. The life cycle of the deer tick is two years. The female deer tick lays her eggs following the second year of her life cycle then dies. Those eggs hatch into larvae in spring but only feed on smaller animals, particularly the white footed mouse.