As temperatures continued to rise, more people will be breaking out their shorts and flip flops but those clothes offer less protection for a summer pest no one wants to deal with: ticks.

Tick bites are painless and can easily go unnoticed because they're so small.

Dr. Scott Allan recommends using tweezers to correctly remove a tick in its entirety. If you leave any part of tick embedded in the skin, you can run the risk of contracting Lyme disease.

“The saying goes, you really can’t catch Lyme disease if the Tick has not been attached for more than 24 hours, according to the Centers for Disease Control," said Allan, medical director of Rochester Regional Health Immediate Care. "If the tick has been attached for 24-36 hours, we get worried about the possibility of transmission of Lyme disease.”

Allan says he's already seeing two to three patients per day for ticks.

The telltale sign for Lyme disease is that bullseye rash.  Other symptoms include fever, chills, headache, fatigue and swollen lymph nodes.