One can request a Free Tick Identification
Website also offers tick testing.
Also check https://ticks.rutgers.edu/
Ticks are currently very active!
Cases of babesiosis,
a parasitic disease spread through ticks, such as the blacklegged [deer] tick, are on the rise in the Northeast - in addition to Lyme disease.
While large ticks are more easily spotted,
at their early stage, a deer tick is quite small.
https://testticks.com/tick-species-identification-guide/
Shown are the deer tick at all stages - on a finger tip.
Even is your pets are treated against them,
they may still carry them into the home.
Don't simply flick them off, entrap [a tick will stick to tape but fold it over so it cannot escape] or crush the tick - using a stone or hard object.
