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The Rocky Mountain wood tick is a very common tick species in Wyoming. It can carry a variety of diseases. 2 of 2 Ixodesscapularis hires-small.jpg The blacklegged tick is another species that can be found in the Rocky Mountains. It’s known to carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Outdoor recreation is a popular pastime in Wyoming. But when people spend time outside, they run the risk of being bitten by ticks that carry a variety of diseases. But the types of ticks, and the diseases they carry, changes across the country. To learn more, Wyoming Public Radio s Ivy Engel spoke with Dr. Will Reeves, a medical and veterinary entomologist with the CP Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity in Colorado.