Your clothing choices can serve as your first line of defense. Wear light-colored clothing to make ticks easier to spot.

Wear light-colored clothing to make ticks more visible. Apply one of their suggested insect repellents on exposed areas of your body and to your clothing.

While tick bites increase every summer, with another small spike in the fall, 2025's numbers are the worst since 2019, according to the CDC.

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Some tips to stay safe in the heat are to wear light-colored clothes, drink plenty of water, eat healthy foods, stay in the air conditioning or shade, and find a local cooling center.

Wear light-colored clothing: As it turns out, mosquitos are attracted to black and red clothing. Harlow-Ellis recommends wearing light or white clothing while outdoors to keep mosquitos at bay.