PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

Female deer ticks have mahogany brown bodies with black scuta (the ... Once you’re out and about, avoid areas with thick underbrush, and don’t dig around in the leaf litter on the forest floor. Ticks ...

Animals such as rodents, small mammals and white-tailed deer are the reservoirs (the source ... are very suitable because the trees provide shade and leaf litter for ground cover to protect active ...

Both males and females have medium brown, oval bodies with small mouthparts and brown legs. These ticks feast mostly on deer, elk, and moose, and they are rarely seen by humans. They’re not known to ...

“The Black-Legged Tick, most commonly known as the deer tick, has a brown body with dark legs. Lone Star Ticks are named for the single white spot on the backs of adult females.” Geography ...

“The ticks think it’s summertime, and they’ll start crawling out,” he said. A close up of an adult female deer tick, from left, dog tick and a lone star tick. (Getty Images) Deerman sent the 53 ticks ...