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--Apple-Mail-11-1009906483 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I strongly doubt that any ticks can actually jump, but perhaps on a windy day with herbs and brush blowing around and contacting various surfaces, like human clothes or skin, might give the impression of having jumped. I'm no expert, of course, and I'm remembering that jumping spiders don't look capable of jumping, but ......Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: April 5, 2012 9:22:59 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Wood Ticks > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Ticks can jump on you easily on a windy day like it did a for me. > Not on my face, but on the car window when I visited the Belleisle > Marsh last year. Seven on your neck is not a cheerful thought! > > Cheers? > Liz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Hirtle > To: Naturens Naturens > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:35 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Wood Ticks > > On an outing to the Goose Neck Marsh at Robert's Island on April 1, > I managed to pick up seven wood ticks, even though I was not off > the beaten path and do not remember brushing against any > vegetation. Most were found up at neck level. Dorothy Poole also > had at least one. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater --Apple-Mail-11-1009906483 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I strongly doubt that any ticks can actually jump, but perhaps on a = windy day with herbs and brush blowing around and contacting various = surfaces, like human clothes or skin, might give the impression of = having jumped. I'm no expert, of course, and I'm remembering that = jumping spiders don't look capable of jumping, but ......Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Elizabeth Doull <<a = href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca">edoull@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 5, 2012 9:22:59 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Wood = Ticks</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: = 13px; "><div><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman">Ticks can jump on = you easily on a windy day like it did a for me. Not on my = face, but on the car window when I visited the Belleisle Marsh last = year. Seven on your neck is not a cheerful = thought! </font></div><div><font = size=3D"3"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"3">Cheers?</font></div><div><font = size=3D"3">Liz</font></div><div><font = size=3D"3"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"3"></font> </div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----<div = style=3D"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; = background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: = rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; = background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"jrhbirder@hotmail.com" = href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com">James = Hirtle</a></div><div><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">Naturens = Naturens</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, April 04, 2012 = 10:35 AM</div><div><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Wood = Ticks</div></div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On an outing to the = Goose Neck Marsh at Robert's Island on April 1, I managed to pick = up seven wood ticks, even though I was not off the beaten path and do = not remember brushing against any vegetation. Most were found up = at neck level. Dorothy Poole also had at least one. <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bridgewater<br></div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail-11-1009906483--
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