A tick has four stages in life, egg ... The species has dark legs that match their scuta. Deer ticks have a life span of 2-3 ...

Minnesota's Metropolitan Mosquito Control District said they found their first deer tick ... active life stages: larval, nymph and adult." Depending on their life stage, most ticks can range ...

The ticks get Lyme disease when they feed on an infected animal, often a mouse or other rodent, when they are in their larval or nymphal stage of life. Although deer can help move the ticks around ...