How to Use black-legged tick in a Sentence

black-legged tick

noun

• The tick that causes the disease is the black-legged tick, aka the deer tick.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• At some point on his ride, at least one black-legged tick burrowed into his skin.
  — Time, 28 July 2023
• Yes, the deer is the primary carrier of the black-legged tick.
  — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
• One creature known to produce an antifreeze protein is the black-legged tick.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2015
• Squirrels transmit the bacteria to the Western black-legged tick when the ticks bite them.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• Lyme disease is transmitted through the bite of a particular tick, the black-legged tick.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
• That means people need to worry all year about Lyme disease, which is spread by the bite of a black-legged tick, experts say.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• The lone star tick -- identified by a white dot on adult females -- is also known for being more aggressive than the black-legged tick.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 June 2021
• That’s true of the black-legged tick, the species that’s most associated with New England.
  — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
• The lone star tick, the black-legged tick, the American dog tick and the Gulf Coast tick can attach to humans and pets.
  — al, 13 June 2022
• Lyme disease is transmitted through black-legged tick bites and causes a range of symptoms from mild to debilitating.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• The rare but increasingly prevalent Powassan virus, spread mainly by the black-legged tick, can reach the brain and cause encephalitis.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
• Certain species, such as the black-legged tick (also known as the deer tick), are known to transmit Lyme disease, which can affect both dogs and humans.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
• Stewart was a lead scientist on research published last year identifying a black-legged tick, or deer tick, in Montana.
  — Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
• There are also some pockets of the disease in Northern California, spread there by the western black-legged tick.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• Lyme disease is caused by the borrelia bacteria, which is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of a black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria carried by Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, or deer tick.
  — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
• In North America, it is transmitted exclusively by the black-legged tick and the Western black-legged tick.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
• Other ticks commonly found in North Carolina include the black-legged tick and American dog tick.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
• But those who hike to the beach, passing through woodlands, grass or coastal chaparral, could encounter ticks, including the Western black-legged tick, which can spread Lyme disease.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
• There are lots of different types of ticks in North Carolina, but the most common ones are the American dog tick, black-legged tick and the lone star tick, Hayes said.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
• And in January, a study showed that along the West Coast, the Western black-legged tick is likely to expand its range as the population grows and the climate changes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2021
• The debilitating Lyme disease is caused by the borrelia bacteria, which is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of a black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• While most insect bites are harmless, a prolonged encounter with a black-legged tick (deer tick) or an American dog tick could result in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.
  — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2021
• Innovative and successful, Nexgard is an oral flea and tick prevention that works against fleas and three tick species (the American dog tick, the black-legged tick, and the Lone Star tick).
  — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
• The western black-legged tick, the most common species in California, often carries diseases that can be transmitted to humans through a bite — especially Lyme disease.
  — Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• The Western black-legged tick, California’s equivalent of the Eastern deer tick that also spreads Lyme disease, is not new to the brush and scrub habitat that hugs the water.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• In the seven-year span of the survey, cases of babesiosis increased an average of 9% per year—due, the researchers concluded, to a warming world which is expanding the range of the black-legged tick, the principal babesiosis vector.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
• The most likely culprit is the black-legged tick — commonly known as deer ticks — which may bite humans any time of year that temperatures remain above freezing, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
  — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
• However, both local and global reports have now identified many different tick species across six continents that are capable of causing alpha-gal syndrome, including the prolific black-legged tick, or deer tick, which also transmits Lyme disease.
  — Lee Rafuse Haines, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2025