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What ticks to look for in New England. The black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or bear tick, is a carrier of Borrelia burgdorfi bacteria, which causes Lyme disease.
A few mite species lack an anus: they do not defecate during their short lives. [27] The circulatory system consists of a network of sinuses and most mites lacks a heart, movement of fluid being driven by the contraction of body muscles. But ticks, and some of the larger species of mites, have a dorsal, longitudinal heart. [28]
A habitat preferred by ticks is the interface where a lawn meets the forest, [67] or more generally, the ecotone, which is unmaintained transitional edge habitat between woodlands and open areas. Therefore, one tick management strategy is to remove leaf litter, brush, and weeds at the edge of the woods. [ 68 ]
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick.It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
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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.
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