In Spring 2026, AHD launched our "Don't Let Ticks Stick" campaign. Read the full details in the press release. 

• If you're interested in picking up a tick remover card-sized tool, visit Alexandria Health Department's Environmental Health Division, located on the fourth floor of the Del Pepper Community Resource Center at 4850 Mark Center Drive. Limit one per customer while supplies last. 
• You can also learn about ticks and pick up a tool during "Tick Talk" information sessions this spring. 
  • Saturday, April 18, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. at William Ramsay Recreation Center
  • Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the “Animals in the Park” event in Windmill Hill Park
  • Saturday, May 30, 4:30 – 6 p.m. at Mount Vernon Recreation Center
  • Saturday, June 27, 4:30 – 6 p.m. at Charles Houston Recreation Center
  • If you would like to request tick information to share with your organization, email alexehhealth@vdh.virginia.gov. 

If you have more questions about the campaign, please email alexehhealth@vdh.virginia.gov. 

The most common types of ticks in Northern Virginia are:

Black Legged Tick (Deer Tick) Ixodes scapularis	American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis	Lone Star Tick Amblyomma Aamericanum

Want to help Virginia scientists track ticks and tick-borne diseases in our state? Send a picture of a tick and information about where you found it to state scientists. 

Help Virginia Track our Ticks

• CDC’s Tick Page 
• VDH’s Vector-Borne Disease Control 
• National Capital Lyme Disease Association 
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repellents