Larval Ticks on Duct Tape (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Larval Ticks on Duct Tape

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To census tick densities the scientists dragged a white cloth on the forest floor, hitting the cloth with a loop of duct tape whenever they ran over a "tick bomb." Those specks on the tape are larval lone star ticks, the dominant tick species in Missouri and one that carries the pathogens for several emerging diseases.

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Jonathan Myers/ WUSTL

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