What you need to know about ticks, mosquitoes and the diseases they carry
The start of warmer weather also means the start of tick and mosquito season in Minnesota. Deer ticks, which can carry Lyme disease, are most common in Minnesota between mid-May and mid-July, and mosquito season is from now until September.
In addition to causing itchy or painful bites, these bugs also carry diseases. Host Angela Davis spoke with a vector-borne illness expert and an entomologist about what Minnesotans need to know about ticks and mosquitoes this summer.
