{"id":26882,"date":"2022-07-07T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=26882"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:09:56","slug":"research-finds-ticks-can-survive-cold-winter-temperatures-in-the-right-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2022\/07\/07\/research-finds-ticks-can-survive-cold-winter-temperatures-in-the-right-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Research finds ticks can survive cold winter temperatures in the right conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ixodes scapularis – Commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winter cold may not be what\u2019s keeping ticks from spreading north in Maine, a new University of Maine study co-authored by Allison Gardner<\/a> finds. Gardner is an assistant professor of arthropod vector biology and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow. The research shows that blacklegged tick nymphs are able to survive inhospitably cold winter temperatures with insulation from leaf litter and snow pack, which may lead to an expansion of their range into northern Maine as climate change leads to warmer and wetter winters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe findings of this study suggest that the impact of low temperatures on overwinter survival may not be the single factor limiting blacklegged tick populations in northern Maine,\u201d Gardner says. \u201cWhile climate change likely has some role in the geographic range expansion of ticks in the state, the ecological mechanisms limiting the spread of the blacklegged tick likely are very complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study was published in the journal Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ticks can survive cold winter temperatures in the right conditions, 91르적 research finds<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n