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Tick native to southeastern US found in suburban Chicago
WAYNE, Ill. (AP) A tick species native to the southeastern part of the United States has been found outside Chicago.
by Associated Press
Jul. 25 2021 @ 11:05pm
WAYNE, Ill. (AP) A tick species native to the southeastern part of the United States has been found outside Chicago.
Three Gulf Coast ticks were located earlier this month in the Dunham Forest Preserve in Wayne, according to the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald. Wayne is roughly 40 miles west of Chicago.
The species is more likely than others to carry the pathogen causing Tidewater spotted fever, which could cause a headache, muscle aches and rash, among other things.
New Gulf Coast tick species found in suburbs, but we don t need to freak out Andres Ortega, DuPage County Forest Preserve District ecologist, stands in the Dunham Forest Preserve in Wayne, where three Gulf Coast ticks were recently found. John Starks | Staff Photographer A Gulf Coast tick can look similar to the more common American dog tick in the average person s eyes, requiring a close comparison. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County An adult female Gulf Coast tick is pictured on the left, and an adult male on the right. Courtesy of Emily Struckhoff, INHS Medical Entomology Lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Wayne Area Conservancy Foundation conserves newly donated land in Wayne Volunteers with the Wayne Area Conservancy Foundation worked together to remove dead trees, buckthorn and other invasive brush. Planted in their place were more than 90 oak trees, with plans of planting native prairie seed this spring. Courtesy of Mark Koerner
Updated 12/21/2020 10:20 PM
Elizabeth C. Bramsen (known as Betsy) recently purchased an 18-acre property in the Village of Wayne and is in the process of placing a conservation easement on it as well (Bramsen-Dunham).
The property is located at the southwestern corner of Army Trail Road and Dunham Road intersection.
The land also immediately borders and will effectively buffer a section of Norton Creek which is a tributary to the Fox River.