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n archive</a><br> Here is a listing of Tick species we have confirmed in Nova Scotia (14 species). There are a couple of exotics (probably brought in by travelers) that have not become established. Ticks found in Nova Scotia based on Collection Records of the NSMNH (* denotes collected from a visitor/traveler - not considered indigenous) Amblyomma americanum * Lone Star tick Dermacentor albipictus Moose or winter tick Dermacentor variabilis Wood or American Dog tick Haemophysalis leporis-palustris Gregarious Rabbit tick Ixodes angustus Squirrel tick Ixodes baergi Bird tick, Swallow tick Ixodes banksi Beaver tick Ixodes brunneus* Hard-bodied bird tick Ixodes cookei Groundhog tick Ixodes dentatus Rabbit tick Ixodes gregsoni Weasel tick Ixodes marxi Squirrel tick Ixodes muris Mouse Tick Ixodes pacificus* Western Black-legged Tick Ixodes sculptus Weasel Tick Ixodes scapularis (a.k.a. I.dammini) Deer tick, Black-legged tick Ixodes uriae Murre Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus * Brown Dog Tick prepared by A Hebda 02 June 2006 As Jim said - bring your ticks with collection data (who, where, when, etc) either to the nearest office of NSDNR or to the NS Museum Nat Hist. Cheers Andrew A. Hebda Nova Scotia Museum >>> "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 5/28/2008 12:50 pm >>> Dave, if your second, smaller tick is different from a dog/wood tick, it should be turned in to DNR or the N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist. For everyone else, please remember that unidentified ticks should be turned in if possible. Put them in a small pill bottle with a bit of moist paper towel, or just Scotch-tape them to a piece of paper. There are at least 10 kinds of ticks in Nova Scotia, and the authorities are still interested in the distribution and abundance particularly of the black-legged or deer tick which carries the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Date: May 27, 2008 7:23:00 PM ADT > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Buprestid, Goldthread & ticks > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Dear All, May 27, 2008 > Today at North Alton a patch of Goldthread (Coptis trifolia), > that has developed on a slate section of road that I leveled in > 1984, was in full bloom today. Large toothed aspen (Populus > grandidentata) buds were just barely showing leaves. In an open > grassy roadway, a small Buprestid (Anthaxia inornata (Randall)) was > locally common on Dandelion flowers and usually mating. > > When I got home I found a tick of the usual size and mottled > coloration on my back and an hour or so after having decided there > was only one I found a second but smaller (~2-mm wide) and dark. > Yt, DW, Kentville >
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