{"id":27417,"date":"2026-02-24T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=27417"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:00:03","slug":"does-anyone-know-what-this-is-i-found-it-crawling-on-my-sons-leg-after-a-walk-in-the-woods-it-looked-like-a-tick-but-that-weird-white-spot-really-freaked-me-out-im-kinda-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=27417","title":{"rendered":"Does anyone know what this is? I found it crawling on my son\u2019s leg after a walk in the woods. It looked like a tick\u2026 but that weird white spot really freaked me out. I\u2019m kinda scared. Has anyone seen one like this before? Should I be worried? See below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I was mowing the lawn with my old, barely-working mower. My golden retriever, Mochi, lounged under the oak tree without a care in the world. That\u2019s when I felt an odd tickle on my ankle. At first, I assumed it was a mosquito. But when I looked down, I saw something far worse\u2014a tiny black dot clinging to my skin.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t moving, and it definitely wasn\u2019t flying away. I carefully removed it. There it was: a lone star tick, unmistakable with its white spot.<\/p>\n<p>Why Ticks Are No Joke I usually tolerate the annoyances nature throws at me. Mosquito bites? No problem. Bee stings? Painful, but manageable. But ticks? They send me into full-blown panic mode.Ticks are more than just gross. They carry serious health risks, and the lone star tick is one of the worst offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the Lone Star Tick<br \/>\nLet\u2019s get familiar with the enemy. The lone star tick is named for the single white spot on the back of the female. That\u2019s about as charming as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I was mowing the lawn with my old, barely-working mower. My golden retriever, Mochi, lounged under the oak tree without a care in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27420,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27417\/revisions\/27420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}