Tag: Jerome Goddard

Closeup of an adult blacklegged tick on a solid blue background. The tick is medium rusty brown in color except for a darker brown circular area at the top of its back. Its eight legs are spread out, with its mouthparts oriented upward.

In Mississippi, Blacklegged Ticks’ Seasonal Shift Deemed “Very Strange”

In decades of surveillance, adult blacklegged ticks have only been found in fall months in Mississippi. But in 2022, 13 adult blacklegged ticks were collected between June and September in locations across the state, the time of year when previously only larvae or nymphs were found. Scientists sharing the findings admit: They’re quite puzzled.

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DNA Analysis Reveals Parasite Diversity in Black Flies

In Mississippi, black fly outbreaks have threatened poultry livestock, and a new analysis of the parasites black flies carry finds previously undescribed lineages in the genus Leucocytozoon.