Re: Non S&C : OT An experiment

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Dragging for ticks is a tool biologists and park rangers have used, to generalize how many ticks in a given area , but also to test what percentage of those ticks are infected with disease.This is how we get the percentage of ticks infected with lyme state by state or region by region in a given state.Re: Non S & C : OT An experiment Posted by: "Lena Guyot" drumroll@... lenasquest Date: Sun Jul 8, 2012 2:16 pm ((PDT))The

dry ice makes sense, as CO2 in breathing is what attracts bugs to people. I thinks that's how those mosquito-zapper machines work too. L>

One of my Lyme books talks about 2 different methods of checking an area for ticks. They mention that you can use light-colored flannel or corduroy for the flagging method (as mentions below). They also talk about ticks being attracted to dry ice, but it only works for lone star ticks. From the book "Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease" by Vanderhoof-Forschner. > > > > > > >> > > Hi Lena,> > > >

> > I recently read online about dragging for ticks. I can't for the life of me recall WHICH website now! Anyway what I read said to use white flannel. Attach to a stick and drag it flat through the area you want to test. The ticks will attach to it and you can turn it over and see how many you have. I also belong to a yahoo group, Michigan Lyme Support. The group owner has participated in tick searches, trapping birds and mammals to look for ticks, etc. I will ask her and see what she says was used for the tick dragging. > > > > > > /MI "Im not trying to counsel any of you to do anything really special,except to dare to think, and to dare to go with the truth ,and to dare to love completely." -R. Buckminster Fullerhttp://www.purposefairy.com/4899/15-powerful-things-happy-people-do-differently/