"""An Asian longhorned tick nymph, left, and adult female. """"The identification of an established population of the Asian longhorned tick in Connecticut highlights the challenge and risk to human and animal health in the state, though this risk is not limited to Connecticut,"""" said Goudarz Molaei, a research scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven and director of the Passive Tick Surveillance and Testing Program, in a statement. """"The potential is high for invasive ticks capable of transmitting pathogens of human and veterinary concern to become further established in new areas as environments continue to change."""" The Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is native to the Korean Peninsula, Japan and eastern regions of Russia and China, but was first discovered in the U.S. on a farm in New Jersey in 2017."""
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