I also was aware that this tick can carry Lyme disease and several other nasty diseases. If you can’t, the University of Maine Lab also has a wealth of information. In what must be one of the best buys for your money anywhere, when you send a tick to the UMaine lab, they will identify it for free! Since I already knew that the tick we pulled off my body was a deer tick, I was especially interested to know if it carried any of those pathogens. The tick was negative for Lyme, Anaplasmosis, Hard Tick Relapsing Fever, Powassan Virus and Heartland Virus, all good news.