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Departures of the mean number of I. scapularis nymphs collected during the months of May, June, July, and August from the woods in Old Lyme, Lyme, and East Haddam, for each year, 1989 to 1997, from a grand average baseline (0 on the graph) for the entire study period. Values do not represent measures of tick abundance.
