>> TICKS. >> IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETS. IF THIS IS YOUR OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND, YOU'RE AMONG 10 MILLION VISITORS BUT THERE ARE TINY THREATS. >> THIS ATTESTING OR HUMIDITY. >> WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET. >> MEET JOY, SHE IS A LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, GAUGING FOR RIPE, RISKY CONDITIONS. >> THAT IS TO DID WE SHOULD FIND TICKS TODAY. >> YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. TICKS. THE BOROUGHING INSECT THRIVING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. >> WE DO FIND A GOOD NUMBER HERE. >> TO CATCH THEM, IT TAKES TO MATERIAL THAT ACTS AS A MAGNET, REPELLING A RISK OF BECOMING A HOST. >> THEY LIKE TO ATTACH TO HOST. >> TICK HARVESTING WITH THE GOAL OF DISEASE PREVENTION. >> 7% TEST POSITIVE FOR LYME DISEASE. >> TICKS ARE SMALL BUT STRATEGIC. >> STAY CLOSE TO A TRAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING AN ANIMAL FOR HUMAN TO WALK BY. >> LYING IN WAIT FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY. >> THEY'LL TRY TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO WITH ABLE TO ATTACH TO YOU. HERE IS ONE HERE. >> A THREAT TO HUMANS AND PETS. THE WEIGHT AT THE EDGE OF BRASS AND WAIT FOR MUN TO COME BY, A PERSON, OR DOG AND THEN, THEY CAN CRAWL UP, TAKE BLOOD AND TRANSMIT THE LEEM DISEASE THAT WAY. >> WE HAVE HAD A FEW EXPAND WITH BLOOD AND THEY'RE EASE RETO SEE BUT THEN, IT'S TOO LATE. THEY'VE MUNCHED ON YOUR DOG WITH. >> 100 CASES STATEWIDE LAST YEAR. >> THERE THREE. >> I HAD THEM BUT I'M, THEY'RE EASY TO SPOT. >> JUST TO BE AWARE. THAT THEY CALL THIS DESTINATION HOME. >> THE