Know your nymphs!

Three nymphs of blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, three nymphs of lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, and eight nymphs of the exotic longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis.

Source: https://fonseca-lab.com/category/research-projects/ticks-tick-borne-diseases/

Popular press article on factors underlying geographic variation in Lyme disease incidence

https://www.wiscontext.org/confounding-geography-lyme-disease-us