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Five funnels. Pick the one that matches what you need.

Every page on The Tick Almanac lives in one of five clusters, each reviewer-routed by topic: medical for removal & symptoms, veterinary for pet pages, entomology for species and regional. 11 published · 7 in review.

Tick basics
10 published

Identify. Which tick is it?

Five U.S. tick species worth knowing — by size, by markings, by where they live. Macro photographs, scale bars, and look-alikes.

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Removal
1 published 2 in review

Remove. Get it off the right way

Tweezers, not matches. Save the tick. Watch the bite. Three audiences: you, a kid or partner, the dog.

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Prevention
2 in review

Prevent. Keep ticks off in the first place

Permethrin on clothing, picaridin on skin, gaiters in the woods. Plus what to skip.

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Dogs & pets
2 in review

Pets. Your dog brings ticks home — here's the plan

Prevention products, weekly tick checks, what to do after a bite, the isoxazoline conversation. Veterinarily reviewed.

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Yard & property
1 in review

Yard. Make the yard less hospitable

Habitat changes do most of the work. Tick tubes are second-line. Sprays are third — with caveats.

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