Get immediate medical attention if you’ve been bitten. The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is a disease-spreading arachnid. Like other arachnids — such as scorpions, spiders, and mites ...

Dorsal view of a female lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), 2006. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / Dr Amanda Loftis, Dr William Nicholson, Dr Will Reeves, Dr Chris Paddock.

Often presumed guilty by association is the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, a new review of three decades' worth of research concludes the latter should be exonerated: While lone ...

A tick with a distinct white dot is known as the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). You probably already know that certain types of ticks pose a threat to your health. The most familiar health ...

Will it ever go away? A: It sounds as though you were bitten by Amblyomma americanum, commonly known as the Lone Star tick. Adults are reddish-brown in color, with a rounded body. Females have a ...

Those who venture out in our area are undoubtedly familiar with the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, first described by Linnaeus in 1758. Lone star ticks feed on the blood of various ...

And guess what: they can also make you allergic to hot dogs and hamburgers, which is pretty darn unpatriotic for a tick named Amblyomma americanum ... re bitten by a lone star tick and get ...

Will it ever go away? A: It sounds as though you were bitten by Amblyomma americanum, commonly known as the Lone Star tick. Adults are reddish-brown in color, with a rounded body. Females have a ...

Will it ever go away? Dear Reader: It sounds as though you were bitten by Amblyomma americanum, commonly known as the Lone Star tick. Adults are reddish-brown in color, with a rounded body.