I do believe I have found an Asian tick on my property. I am sending it to the CDC for identification I'm not sure if I will receive a response or not. These ticks are like no other, in the USA. The reason they self clone.

I think everyone in the county needs to be aware of this new species that has invaded the United States. You can go online and research CDC Asian tick. They've already been identified in Kentucky, I've just never seen one here on my property until this last week.

This from the CDC website. What we know about Asian Longhorned ticks - Not normally found in the Western Hemisphere, these ticks were reported for the first time in the United States in 2017. Asian Longhorned ticks have been found on pets, livestock, wildlife, and people. The female ticks can lay eggs and reproduce without mating. Up to thousands of ticks may be found at a time, or on an animal. What we know about Asian longhorned ticks in the U.S. In other countries, bites from these ticks can make people and animals seriously ill. As of June 24, 2019, no harmful germs that can infect people have been found in the ticks collected in the United States. Research is ongoing.

Researchers are looking for these ticks to find out where they live. As of June 24, 2019, Longhorned ticks have been found in Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. --Marie