Warmer weather brings unwanted guests: tent caterpillars and ticks

As the days begin to get warmer, the nice weather brings more than just people out of their homes — it also brings all kinds of insects, like ticks and tent caterpillars.
“Ticks seem to have gotten more common and more widespread in Saskatchewan during the last 10 or 15 years. People are more aware of them and see them on their pets and themselves,” says Brent Wagner, departmental assistant in parasitology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.
The most common tick in S