Abstract
Compared with Massachusetts populations, early development of Dermacentor varibilis is accelerated during the cool spring and summer in Nova Scotia. At 15 °C the preoviposition periods of D. variabilis from Nova Scotia and Massachusetts were 27.2 and 34.0 days, respectively; at 18°C eggs hatched at 61.5 ± 2.08 and 72.4 ± 1.95 days, respectively. This decreased development time in Nova Scotia allows for the production of diapause larvae during late August.
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