How to Use lone star tick in a Sentence

lone star tick

noun
  • The lone star tick female has one white dot on its back and the male does not.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • Bites from the lone star tick can lead to an allergy to red meat.
    — Madeleine Burry, Health, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The condition is most strongly tied to bites from lone star ticks.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The lone star tick isn’t the only one that can cause alpha-gal syndrome.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • And that, Clark guesses, is when a lone star tick nestled in his hair.
    — Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
  • Combined with this spring’s heavy rainfall, lone star ticks and others thrive.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • The red-meat allergy isn't the only ailment spread by the lone star tick.
    — Thomas Leavy, CBS News, 25 June 2018
  • The syndrome is most frequently triggered by lone star tick bites.
    — Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • The syndrome is caused primarily by the lone star tick.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Dec. 2025
  • It is most often caused by a lone star tick bite, although bites from other ticks can cause the syndrome.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The second most common tick is the lone star tick, also known as the seed tick, turkey tick or deer tick.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • The lone star tick can transmit alpha-gal syndrome to humans through its saliva.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
  • Alpha-gal syndrome, caused by lone star tick bites, triggers red meat allergies.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • And the bite from a lone star tick has been linked to the development of meat allergies in some people.
    — NBC News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The most common tick in North Carolina is the lone star tick, Hayes said.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • However, the researchers now suspect that the bites instead came from the larvae of lone star ticks.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The most distinctive feature of lone star ticks may be the starlike white splotch on the backs of adult females that gives them their name.
    — Catherine Roberts, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • When ticks, usually the lone star tick, feed on those mammals, the alpha-gal gets into their saliva.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 27 July 2023
  • Since then, the lone star tick has spread farther into the Northeast and the Midwest.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 27 July 2023
  • Park is currently examining what happens when lone star ticks feed.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • By 2024, the ratio had climbed to one-to-three as lone star tick numbers had exploded.
    — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Another tick found in Connecticut that can transmit diseases is the lone star tick.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 6 May 2018
  • Where the deer go, so do their parasites, and these include the lone star tick, the animal that spreads ehrlichiosis.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2010
  • The most common type of biting ticks in Illinois are the American dog tick or as the lone star tick.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • When the sugar enters the bloodstream through a lone star tick bite, the body's immune system can begin treating it as a threat.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Deer are the main hosts of the lone star tick, and as deer populations have grown, tick populations have exploded.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The condition is known as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) and can come from the bite of a lone star tick.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 7 Aug. 2023
  • For instance, the lone star tick, named for a white spot on its back, is often found in Texas, and the brown dog tick thrives in Arizona.
    — Ashwin Rodrigues, Outside Online, 11 July 2024
  • Ehrlichiosis can be transmitted by different kinds of ticks including the lone star tick.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Alpha-gal syndrome is caused by ticks, usually the lone star tick, that have previously fed on mammals like cows, deer, goats and pigs.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 July 2026

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