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Tick Identification | Tick Removal | Delaware Tick Program | Ticks – Professional Training
Explore this section to learn about identifying ticks relevant to Delaware, proper tick removal procedures, tick testing options, and preventative measures to reduce the chance of tick bites. You can also learn about Delaware’s ongoing Tick Program and find out about professional learning opportunities.
Tick Identification
Tick Removal
TickEncounter, University of Rhode Island
Protecting Yourself From Ticks
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Delaware Tick Program
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Delaware Tick Program - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick Talk: Tick Biology, Ecology, and Management in Delaware - Webinar
Ashley Kennedy, PhD - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
Reporting Tick Interactions - online form
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Top 10 Tick Facts You Need To Know - PDF download
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Ticks – Professional Training
Multiplex Assays for Surveillance of Delaware Tickborne Pathogens - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Michael Buoni, PhD, EdD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation, summarized lesson)
Development of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for the Surveillance of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Delaware - Research Presentation (full lesson)
Michael Buoni, PhD, EdD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College
Delaware Tick Program - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick Talk: Tick Biology, Ecology, and Management in Delaware - Webinar
Ashley Kennedy, PhD - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
Emerging babesiosis in the mid-Atlantic: autochthonous human babesiosis cases and Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ixodes keiransi (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 2009 to 2024 - Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 4, July 2025 (PDF version)
Ellen Y Stromdahl, Katherine A Feldman, Robyn M Nadolny, Ashley C Kennedy, Zachary J Bement, Michael Buoni, Heather Rutz, James C Broyhill, Joshua Bernick, R Jory Brinkerhoff, Leslie Ayuk-Takor, David Crum, Alexandre J da Silva, Eric Dotseth, Lori Flammia, Kyle Girone, David Gaines, Anna Phan, Bobbi S Pritt, Siok-Bi Wee, Holly D Gaff, Wayne L Hynes
Statewide surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected in Delaware using novel multiplex PCR assays - International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Volume 26, April 2025
Michael H. Buoni, Ashley C. Kennedy, Virginia Hughes, Esther Biswas-Fiss
Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State - Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 4, July 2025
Ashley C Kennedy, Sierra Redus, Wil S Winter, Jeffrey R Newcomer, Andrea M Egizi, Dina M Fonseca, James L Occi, Richard G Robbins