What Are Tick Bite Risk Factors? Risk factors for tick bites include hiking in woods and/or grasses with skin exposed to the environment, especially from the months of April through September, and not using insect repellent or clothing that protects the arms, legs, and other body areas.
Preview â Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton. Full Cicada Moon. It's 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission is getting ready to go to the moon. But for half-black, half-Japanese Mimi, moving to a predominantly white Vermont town is enough to make her feel alien. It's 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission is getting ready to go to the moon.
A brood of big, red-eyed cicadas is slowly emerging in the central USA this month after patiently waiting 17 years underground.The noisy critters are popping out across Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.here are at least 15 separate cycles, or broods, of periodic cicadas in the USA. Some emerge every 17 years, while others come out every 13 years. Some species show up every summer. This year's group is known as Brood IV, the Kansan Brood..