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Hi Dave Have responded to several posters, but thought I would solicit from the larger group. We are still tracking the distribution and spread of ticks in the province, and would appreciate receiving specimens, or, at the least images, with locality data. The four most common species, based on reports, in order of occurrence (reporting) are Wood/Dog Ticks, Black-legged Ticks, Groundhog Ticks and Rabbit Ticks. There are an additional 10 species recoded here, based on specimens, but the remaining ones appear uncommon. So if anyone encounters ticks (especially in novel areas), would appreciate hearing about them .. Reports from existing areas are also welcome. Andrew A Hebda NSM Collections (Zoology) ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of David Patriquin [David.Patriquin@Dal.Ca] Sent: May-07-16 8:09 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks Are these descriptions referring to the black-legged tick or to ticks generally? ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of chris kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:51 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks Last May, I found one on myself while out fly-fishing during the mayfly hatch on May18th near Spry Harbour, up the Eastern Shore. It is very near Sheet Harbour, a couple of kms south. First one I'd ever seen there in 20 years of fishing at this particular lake. I was quite surprised. -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Jeff Hiltz <4x4play@gmail.com<mailto:4x4play@gmail.com>> wrote: It looks like they have finally spread to the Springhill, Cumberland County area. A friend who spends a lot of her time in the woods got her first tick ever this Spring. I am an avid fisherman and I have yet to get one in this area but I know it is just a matter of time. Go away cold weather! We have had enough! As for birds, we saw out first spotted sandpiper on River Philip this week!! Cheers! Jeff On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:57 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>> wrote: Can't be quantitative, but chez moi, south of Yarmouth, I see no difference from previous recent years. -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>] On Behalf Of Bev Wigney Sent: May 5, 2016 1:53 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Ticks All, Just curious if others have been finding less or more ticks so far this spring. I just arrived back at my place in Round Hill a week ago Monday. So far, I have only found one tick on myself and one on one of my dogs. Yesterday, I spent about 4 hours clearing brush, rose and berry canes to make a new path down to the river. The dogs were both with me while I worked on the hillside. Normally, all of us probably would have been loaded with ticks by the end of the afternoon, but so far, I have not found any (knock on wood). Is anyone else finding the same paucity of ticks? By the way, last summer, after a few ticks found on the dogs and myself in April and May, I did not find any more ticks on us during the rest of the season. This was very different than previous years when I was finding them even into the autumn. Bev Wigney Round Hill, NS --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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