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Ixodes pacificus - western blacklegged tick

Cold-Season Temperature and Rainfall Drive Climate Suitability for Ticks in California

A new CDC study finds cold-season temperature and rainfall are the two leading factors that determine climate suitability for ticks within California, deeming the state’s far northern coast and the western Sierra Nevada foothills as the most likely habitat for the western blacklegged tick.

Entomology Today May 29, 2018 Leave a Comment

Ticks that Transmit Lyme Disease Reported in 48.6% of U.S. Counties

By Hannah Foster Lyme disease is a potentially debilitating disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is spread to humans by two tick varieties: the blacklegged tick (Ixodes […]

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