BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 16, 2020
Maine tick experts are keeping an eye out for the Asian longhorned tick, a foreign tick species that can reproduce without mating and has been documented as close as Connecticut. Reported for the first time in the United States in 2017, this tick species has now established populations in at least 12 states, all of which are in the northeastern half of the country. The Asian longhorned tick is known to carry and transmit a variety of dangerous diseases in its home range.