Field Guide to Ticks

Prevention And Treatment Of Lyme Disease And Other Ailments Caused By Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, And Mites, Second Edition

Susan Carol Hauser

The touchstone handbook for treating and preventing ailments from insidious bites

This illustrated guide shows you how to identify ticks, spiders, mites, and their bite marks on human skin as well as on house pets; offers proven advice on how to prevent getting bitten; and explains what to do if you have been bitten. Deer ticks, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, scorpions, chiggers, and other poisonous arachnids can cause numerous ailments, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the early detection and treatment of bites can prevent permanent damage. This book will appeal to parents, gardeners, pet owners, campers, hikers, and hunters across the country, all of whom are vulnerable to ticks and other infectious biting insects.

Globe Pequot / Falcon Guides

Pages: 128 • Trim: 4¼ x 7

978-0-7627-4740-5 • Paperback • April 2008 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4617-4678-2 • eBook • April 2008 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Nature / Animals / General, Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders

Field Guide to Ticks

Prevention And Treatment Of Lyme Disease And Other Ailments Caused By Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, And Mites, Second Edition

Paperback

eBook

Summary

The touchstone handbook for treating and preventing ailments from insidious bites

This illustrated guide shows you how to identify ticks, spiders, mites, and their bite marks on human skin as well as on house pets; offers proven advice on how to prevent getting bitten; and explains what to do if you have been bitten. Deer ticks, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, scorpions, chiggers, and other poisonous arachnids can cause numerous ailments, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the early detection and treatment of bites can prevent permanent damage. This book will appeal to parents, gardeners, pet owners, campers, hikers, and hunters across the country, all of whom are vulnerable to ticks and other infectious biting insects.

Details

Globe Pequot / Falcon Guides

Pages: 128 • Trim: 4¼ x 7

978-0-7627-4740-5 • Paperback • April 2008 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4617-4678-2 • eBook • April 2008 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Nature / Animals / General, Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders

Author

SUSAN CAROL HAUSER is the award-winning author of numerous. A commentator on National Public Radio, she teaches writing at Bemidji State University in Northern Minnesota.