Ticks, browntail moths and whatever insect died on Wells Beach last week could be signs of a changing climate.
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Dog ticks having an early population boom in Maine
But officials say the dry weather might keep a lid on the numbers of Lyme-disease carrying deer ticks, which usually emerge in June and July.
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Maine to increase amount of moose hunting permits this season to 3,480
Biologists: More moose hunting will reduce ticks, help herd.
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Maine disease researchers get loads of tick submissions
Researchers who track the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Maine are getting more submissions of the pests this year
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Got ticks? UMaine wants landowners to collect them for testing
The counties in the project are in the southern and coastal parts of the state, including Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, and York counties, which are home to the state’s largest populations of residents.
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Maine Gardener: Skip the Off. Plenty of plants and good bugs can help repel the bad ones
Skip the tansy, too.
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Tick-borne illnesses Lyme and anaplasmosis increased in Maine in 2019
Since 2012, the state has had a more-than tenfold increase in cases of anaplasmosis, which has more severe symptoms than Lyme disease.
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Two tick-borne diseases surge in Maine, even as Lyme cases drop off
Anaplasmosis and babesiosis cases are surging, while reported cases of Lyme disease are lower so far in 2019 than in previous years.
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Lyme disease cases down in Maine, but expected to rebound
This year’s wet spring provided perfect conditions for ticks to thrive, experts say, and the peak season is still ahead.
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Maine reports first case of rare tick-borne illness since 2017
An adult from southern Maine was hospitalized in New Hampshire with Powassan virus.