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Re:Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa... by beautiful_apple on Saturday June 27, 2026 @05:38PM (#48702008)
What's interesting about this study is that ticks were reduced by 50% with untreated woodchips (no pesticides!)
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Re:Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa... by hammock on Saturday June 27, 2026 @09:45PM (#48703557)
I mean, yeah. Ticks live in grasses not on the ground. If you walk on bare trail and don’t brush on grass or other plants your chance of a tick is much lower
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Re:Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa... by HappySweeney on Sunday June 28, 2026 @06:15AM (#48706036)
They measured density, not the probability of getting one.
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Re:Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa... by hammock on Sunday June 28, 2026 @02:57PM (#48710332)
Do you think those are maybe correlated? The measured density on the path
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