Sensitivity of Host-Seeking Nymphal Lone Star Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to Immersion in Heated Water

A. D. Barrett; K. N. Gott; J. M. Barrett; D. J. Barrett; D. T. Rusk

doi:10.1603/033.046.0537

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1 September 2009 Sensitivity of Host-Seeking Nymphal Lone Star Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to Immersion in Heated Water

A. D. Barrett, K. N. Gott, J. M. Barrett, D. J. Barrett, D. T. Rusk

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J. of Medical Entomology, 46(5):1240-1243 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0537

Abstract

Host-seeking nymphal Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) were placed into heated water, and their survival or their torpidity was recorded as a function of exposure time. Exposures were determined that either kill the nymphs or affect their mobility. All nymphs died when exposed for a minute or more to a temperature >51°C. Nearly all nymphs remained motionless for a period of time when exposed for 3 min to a temperature >44°C.

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A. D. Barrett, K. N. Gott, J. M. Barrett, D. J. Barrett, and D. T. Rusk "Sensitivity of Host-Seeking Nymphal Lone Star Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to Immersion in Heated Water," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5), 1240-1243, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0537

Received: 1 February 2008; Accepted: 1 July 2009; Published: 1 September 2009

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