• Wear long pants and long sleeves when walking through heavy brush, tall grass, and densely wooded areas.
• Pull your socks over the outside of your pants to prevent ticks from crawling up inside.
• Keep your shirt tucked into your pants.
• Wear light-colored clothes so that ticks can be spotted easily.
• Spray your clothes with insect repellant.
• Check your clothes and skin frequently while in the woods.

After returning home:

• Remove your clothes and thoroughly inspect all skin surface areas, including your scalp. Ticks can quickly climb up the length of your body.
• Some ticks are large and easy to locate. Other ticks can be quite small, so carefully evaluate all black or brown spots on the skin.
• If possible ask someone to help you examine your body for ticks.
• An adult should examine children carefully.