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Tiny ticks found after Lehigh County trail walk highlight threat

After finding several tiny ticks on his dog following a Lehigh County trail walk, the writer used a hand-sanitizer technique for quick tick disposal.

Published Jun 7, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

Editor’s note: This column first appeared Saturday, June 6, in The Trailhead, a free email newsletter featuring Penn’s Woods coverage of Pennsylvania’s great outdoors on lehighvalleylive.com and PennLive.com. It comes out weekly at 8 a.m. each Saturday. Sign up here.