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As the weather warms up, pesky ticks may be jumping onto your pets. Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore ...

“A lot of people have a misconception that ticks fly, jump or fall on you out of a tree,” Kennedy said. “None of that is true. They need you to brush up against them for them to grab on.

While early predictions have warned of a potential surge in mosquito numbers this summer, some are sounding the alarm on a different bloodsucker – ticks are back in business in parts of Minnesota.

Contrary to popular belief, Brinkerhoff said ticks typically do not fall from trees. “They’re on the ground,” Brinkerhoff said. “They don’t jump. They, frankly, don’t move that fast.