[ValleyNature] re "tiny wood ticks"?, Liverpool area

[James W. Wolford]

Regarding James Hirtle's "tiny wood ticks?" it would be more  
important first to get the ticks identified first -- I don't believe  
wood ticks or dog ticks carry the spirochete bacterium that causes  
Lyme Disease -- the vector of that malady is what we used to call the  
deer tick but now is referred to as the black-legged tick, which is  
much smaller than a wood or dog tick in the adult stage.  In any  
case, people finding ticks of any kind should still be keeping them  
and getting them to local offices of Dept. of Nat. Resources, or  
directly to Jeff Ogden at the Shubenacadie Forest Insect Lab of NSDNR  
or to Andrew Hebda at the N.S. Museum of Nat. History in Halifax,  
1747 Summer St.

Cheers? in tick season from Jim in Wolfville

Begin forwarded message:
> From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003 at yahoo.ca>
> Date: April 21, 2009 12:33:50 AM ADT
> To: naturelist <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] re: Ticks
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Wood ticks found on your skin? I'd seriously be considering getting  
> tested for Lyme.
> If Jeff Ogden (tick expert)is reading this, what would he suggest?
>
> Gayle MacLean
> Dartmouth
>
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