Ticks?

A member of our community posted on FB that she found a tick on herself. I have never encountered a tick up here, and was told a long time ago that they aren't at this elevation.

I recently read of a Kelowna fellow who found a live tick in his truck 5 days after being in the bush.

Various articles you can find online talk about ticks at higher elevations, and some suggest that climate change has helped them move up.

 https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood/animals-and-crops/plant-health/insects-and-plant-diseases/home-garden/ticks#otherticks

There is an eTick app you can download and report ticks with a photo.

Here is an excerpt of a map from the BCCDC on high risk areas for ticks.

I had a tick embedded in the back of my head a few years ago. I waited 4 hours at the ER. The Doc who finally removed it popped it into a pill bottle to examine and make sure he had removed it all.

I am aware of at least one lime disease case at a lower elevation in this region.