silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1691arrow-down1external-link‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square186fedilinkfile-text
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoI wonder if the tick bomb babies are less likely to transmit anything because they probably haven’t fed on anything yet? I would think they’d have to feed on a mammal to get the compound into their saliva.
I wonder if the tick bomb babies are less likely to transmit anything because they probably haven’t fed on anything yet? I would think they’d have to feed on a mammal to get the compound into their saliva.