“…Tick bites were most commonly recorded during May to August, with peak tick records received in June. The seasonality of tick bites reported in the current study is consistent with other studies in Europe (Bartosik et al, ; Bennet et al, ; Berglund et al, ; Briciu et al, ; Hügli et al, ; Manfredi et al, ; Robertson et al, ; Stjernberg & Berglund, ; Weisshaar et al, ; Wilhelmsson et al, ), occurring approximately one month after the peak questing activity of I. ricinus in the environment, where activity of adults and nymphs is highest April to June and larval activity peaks May to July (Dobson, Taylor, & Randolph, ; Pérez, Kneubühler, Rais, & Gern, ; Schulz, Mahling, & Pfister, ). The highest number of tick bites occurred during the summer period when people are more likely to spend time outdoors and potentially be exposed to ticks.…”