More ticks this year
By Erica Bajer, The Standard
Mosquitoes aren’t the only blood-sucking insects spring brings.
Ticks also come out with the warmer weather and it seems there’s an abundance of the eight-legged bugs in Niagara.
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By Erica Bajer, The Standard
Mosquitoes aren’t the only blood-sucking insects spring brings.
Ticks also come out with the warmer weather and it seems there’s an abundance of the eight-legged bugs in Niagara.
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Scott JD, Fernando K, Banerjee SN, Durden LA, Byrne SK, Banerjee M, Mann RB, Morshed MG. Source Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, Fergus, Canada Abstract A total of 152 ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) consisting of nine species was collected from 82 passerine birds (33 species) in 14 locations in Canada from 1996 to 2000. The…