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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2024

Use of diatomaceous earth to control nymphal American dog ticks, Dermacentor variabilis Say (Acari: Ixodidae): laboratory to simulated field experiments.

Reuben A Garshong, Elise A Richardson, Kaiying Chen, Grayson L Cave, R Michael Roe

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Reuben A GarshongDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7647, USA.
Elise A RichardsonDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7647, USA.
Kaiying ChenDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7647, USA.
Grayson L CaveDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7647, USA.
R Michael RoeDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7647, USA. Michael_roe@ncsu.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatomaceous earth (DE) recently was shown to rapidly kill ticks. Proof of concept for use of DE to kill the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, the most widely distributed native three-host tick in North America, has not been investigated. Unfed D. variabilis nymphs dipped into DE and incubated at 30 °C and 50 versus 70% relative humidity (RH) had an estimated median survival time of 5 h and 4 h, respectively, with mortality starting within 1 h. There was no difference in survival time at the 50 and 70% RH. In a two-choice assay at 30 °C and 50% RH, ticks walked freely onto DE treated surfaces; the estimated median survival time was 3 h, indicating that DE is not a repellent. There was no difference in locomotor activity between DE-treated nymphs and untreated controls. In simulated-field experiments, pine straw infested with nymphs and then treated with DE at 5.00, 2.50, 1.25, 0.63 and 0.31 g DE/m

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DermacentorDiatomaceous EarthNymphTick ControlAcaricidesAnimalsAcaricidesDiatomaceous EarthAcaricideDermacentor variabilisDiatomaceous earthIndustrial mineralTick control

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PMID39638980

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