Join BLT, Whelden Library, and Entomologist and Extension Educator Escher Cattle as we get ahead of tick season on the Cape with an overview of the state of ticks and tick-borne illness in Barnstable County. Learn some quick and easy measures you can take to stay safe as the weather warms up, including ways to protect yourself, your yard, and your pets from ticks!

Escher Cattle comes to his role as Extension Educator for Cape Cod Cooperative Extension fresh from his Master's Degree in Entomology at North Carolina State University, where he studied genetic markers in South American Fruit Flies. He lives on the Upper Cape with his partner and two cats, and employs his science and cartooning backgrounds to provide accessible and empowering educational materials on ticks and insects alike.