Tick Talk

Join us in the Grice Community Room for a special presentation about ticks! With local entomologist Larry Dapsis. 

Lyme Disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, deer ticks can carry the pathogens which cause Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Relapsing Fever and Powassan virus, all of which can be very serious. This program will review the basic life cycle and ecology of deer, dog and lone star ticks.

Larry Dapsis bio: 

Entomologist since age 5. 

B.S. Environmental Science & Biology at Fitchburg State University.

M.S. Entomology at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. 

Forty-four years of professional pest management experience including Vegetables, Cranberries and Household Insects.

Joined Cape Cod Cooperative Extension in 2011 as Deer Tick Project Coordinator and Entomologist. 

Member of the Barnstable County Working Group on Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases.