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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_2D84_01CE4520.075FC530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim, Andrew & All, Apr 29, 2013 On the subject of ticks I know only slightly more than some authors = of Tick Fact Sheets.=20 =20 According to = http://novascotia.ca/natr/forestprotection/foresthealth/sheets/tick.asp with respect to Blacklegged ticks-- "Nymphs and adults: 3 - 7 mm; dark brown to black in colour with no = white marking on dorsal surface; engorged females appear to have an = orange/yellow coloured abdomen; adults and nymphs have 8 legs." Their = comparison sketch of Dog and Blacklegged Ticks has 3 drawings,a, b & c = with no Legend.=20 But, on the other hand, http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/cdpc/lyme-photos.asp has in image of both ticks, max length for Blacklegged being 3 mm, 5 mm = for Dog; both mostly reddish and yellow. So combining the above (and not knowing better) one might conclude = that a dark brown, black, reddish or yellowish tick 1-7 mm long with 8 = legs, was a Black-legged tick provided the legs were reddish or = yellowish. And if it has black legs then one might suppose it is one the = many other " kinds of ticks in Nova Scotia." = http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=3D20120420008 Many years ago Andrew gave me a copy of a tick key (Keirans & = Litwak, 1989) and I used it many times "but evermore Came out by the = same door where in I went." I sent 10 or so ticks in to Andrew but never = got any back; feedback helps.=20 Ticks are difficult to the point that without at least a nucleus of = authoritatively identified specimens one is just spinning wheels. So = currently I can recognize with certainty only two kinds of ticks; Bad = Ticks (on my person) and Good Ticks (somewhere else). Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Cc: Andrew Hebda ; Mark F Elderkin=20 Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:56 PM Subject: [NatureNS] re reports of "ticks" I know that Dave knows his ticks and assume this one was the usual Am. = Dog Tick -- please, everyone, try not to report "ticks" -- check out = some field guides on Internet info' and report which probable species = was spotted if possible -- also keep collecting specimens and getting = them to regional offices of N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources, since there = is so much concern about Lyme Disease and the black-legged ticks or deer = ticks that carry the bacterium. Cheers from Jim, temporarily in central B.C. Begin forwarded message: From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> Date: April 27, 2013 10:13:31 AM ADT To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Tick Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Dear All, Apr 27, 2013 I also brought a tick home Thursday, probably on the left pant = leg because, when I had a bath last night I found it firmly attached to = my left ankle. I had my pant legs outside of rubber boots on Thursday, with = cuffs rolled up, and didn't roll them down until Friday morning = (requires going outdoors to shed accumulated sawdust) so it must have = spent the night in the pant cuff. YT, DW=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6277 - Release Date: = 04/27/13 ------=_NextPart_000_2D84_01CE4520.075FC530 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19412"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Jim, Andrew & All, = =20 = Apr=20 29, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> On the subject of ticks I know = only=20 slightly more than some authors of Tick Fact Sheets. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> =20 <DIV>According to <A=20 href=3D"http://novascotia.ca/natr/forestprotection/foresthealth/sheets/ti= ck.asp">http://novascotia.ca/natr/forestprotection/foresthealth/sheets/ti= ck.asp</A></DIV> <DIV>with respect to Blacklegged ticks--</DIV> <DIV>"Nymphs and adults: 3 - 7 mm; dark brown to black in colour with no = white=20 marking on dorsal surface; engorged females appear to have an = orange/yellow=20 coloured abdomen; adults and nymphs have 8 legs." Their comparison = sketch of Dog=20 and Blacklegged Ticks has 3 drawings,a, b & c with no Legend. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>But, on the other hand, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/cdpc/lyme-photos.asp">http://www.gov.ns.= ca/hpp/cdpc/lyme-photos.asp</A></DIV> <DIV>has in image of both ticks, max length for Blacklegged being 3 mm, = 5 mm for=20 Dog; both mostly reddish and yellow.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> So combining the above (and not knowing better) = one=20 might conclude that a dark brown, black, reddish or = yellowish tick 1-7=20 mm long with 8 legs, was a Black-legged tick provided the legs = were=20 reddish or yellowish. And if it has black legs then one = might suppose=20 it is one the many other " kinds of ticks in Nova Scotia." <A=20 href=3D"http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=3D20120420008">http://novas= cotia.ca/news/release/?id=3D20120420008</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Many years ago Andrew gave me a copy of a tick = key=20 (Keirans & Litwak, 1989) and I used it many times "but evermore = Came=20 out by the same door where in I went." I sent 10 or so ticks in to = Andrew but=20 never got any back; feedback helps. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Ticks are difficult to the point that without at = least a=20 nucleus of authoritatively identified specimens one is just = spinning=20 wheels. So currently I can recognize with certainty only two kinds of = ticks; Bad=20 Ticks (on my person) and Good Ticks (somewhere else).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></FONT>-----