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Dermacentor albipictus, the winter tick, is a species of hard tick that parasitizes many different mammal species in North America.It is commonly associated with cervid species such as elk (Cervus canadensis), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), mule deer (O. hemionus) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus) but is primarily known as a serious pest of moose (Alces alces).
"We live in a residential neighborhood, and you can walk up the side of the street and our dogs come home with ticks on them," Frye says. "Even just on the side of the road, there's plenty of ...
Tick bites are a concern usually associated with summer and hot weather, but experts warn that warmer winters could mean an uptick in ticks and Lyme disease. Warmer winters mean more tick bites ...
If you haven't made checking yourself and your pets for ticks part of your normal routine, now is probably the time. In 2010, there were 37 cases of Lyme disease in Ohio.
Nymphal ticks primarily feed on small animals and humans during the spring and early summer, while adult ticks are most active during the winter and seek out hosts from late fall to spring. [ 5 ] In order for a human to be infected by the bacterium, the tick carrying it must be attached for approximately 36 to 48 hours.
Diapause in insects is a dynamic process consisting of several distinct phases. While diapause varies considerably from one taxon of insects to another, these phases can be characterized by particular sets of metabolic processes and responsiveness of the insect to certain environmental stimuli. [6]
New England has two primary tick species — the black-legged or deer tick, and the dog tick. Both are most active in the spring and summer. The deer tick is smaller but carries Lyme disease.
Biological vector transmission is through ticks that carry a blood parasite able to cause anaplasmosis. The most common Anaplasmosis-causing tick is Ixodes scapularis, also known as the black-legged tick or the deer tick. [9] [10] Ticks who contain species of many different Anaplasma species can transmit this disease through a bite. The blood ...