Ticks on Grass



A tick clinging to a blade of grass using some of its legs and stretching out the others to detect and latch on to an animal or human.

The ticks pictured above I spotted on the Green Trail in Connetquot River State Park.  They were clinging on blades of grass growing on the sandy path. It is very easy to brush up against a clump of grass and pick up one of these little hitchhikers. Ticks are quite prevalent on some trails in Connetquot, but fortunately I saw them today and left them there.