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‘Ticks EVERYWHERE?': Sightings and bites in the D.C. region heighten worries

‘Ticks EVERYWHERE?': Sightings and bites in the D.C. region heighten worries

Washington Post2 days ago
Michael Raupp is used to pulling bugs off his body. As an entomology professor and author of a blog that introduces readers to a bug a week, the 73-year-old spends a lot of time outdoors conducting field research.
His work takes him into forests, meadows and other patches of greenery in Maryland, and afterward, it's not unusual for him to find winged or multi-legged creatures hitchhiking on him.
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