Savannah Morning News
November 11, 2021

By Christopher Berinato

Sandflies are pesky little biters and mosquitoes can make the outdoors absolutely miserable, but no blood-sucking parasite in the South is as troublesome or tenacious as a tick.

…Most people would rather avoid ticks altogether, but for those who would like to learn more about them, Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro campus houses the largest collection of ticks in the world.

The U.S. National Tick Collection belongs to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, but has been kept at GSU since 1990. READ MORE.