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I think we should all be collecting ticks for identification and
getting them to either any N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources ("Lands &
Forests") or to Andrew Hebda at the N.S. Museum of Natural History in
Halifax on Summer Street.
Ticks can be put into pill containers or jars, and no preservative is
needed, since all tick stages (larva, nymph, adult) can live for
extended periods with no food or water -- of course, each sample
should have date and locality written on a note (best in pencil).
"Ticks" in reports usually are assumed to be wood ticks, alias dog
ticks, which are nearly harmless in terms of diseases, but of course
the noticeably smaller black-legged tick, alias deer tick, to which
Sandy refers below, is the one that carries Lyme Disease. Both the
latter tick and disease are predicted to increase in the province as
climate change progresses, since the black-legged tick is a more
southern species whose range in spreading northward and in other
directions.
Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville
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> From: Sandy Hiltz <birddog@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: March 18, 2010 1:14:02 PM ADT
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Ticks
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> There have been several reports of ticks in the Yarmouth area this
> week and at least one appears to be a Black Legged Deer tick
>
>
> Sandy
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I think we should all be collecting ticks for identification and getting =
them to either any N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources ("Lands & =
Forests") or to Andrew Hebda at the N.S. Museum of Natural History in =
Halifax on Summer Street. <div><br></div><div>Ticks can be put into =
pill containers or jars, and no preservative is needed, since all tick =
stages (larva, nymph, adult) can live for extended periods with no food =
or water -- of course, each sample should have date and locality written =
on a note (best in pencil).<br><div><br></div><div> "Ticks" in =
reports usually are assumed to be wood ticks, alias dog ticks, which are =
nearly harmless in terms of diseases, but of course the noticeably =
smaller black-legged tick, alias deer tick, to which Sandy refers below, =
is the one that carries Lyme Disease. Both the latter tick and =
disease are predicted to increase in the province as climate change =
progresses, since the black-legged tick is a more southern species whose =
range in spreading northward and in other =
directions.<div><br></div><div>Cheers? from Jim in =
Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Sandy Hiltz <<a =
href=3D"mailto:birddog@ns.sympatico.ca">birddog@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f=
ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 18, 2010 1:14:02 PM =
ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>=
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] =
Ticks</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><font size=3D"2" =
face=3D"Arial">There have been several reports of ticks in the Yarmouth =
area this week and at least one appears to be a Black Legged Deer =
tick</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" =
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face=3D"Arial">Sandy</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div=
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