Table 4.
Summary of questing I. scapularis nymphs (mean + SE; n = 10) at the Plumsted and Millstone Township study sites, 2012–2014
| Treatmenta | Year |
Kruskal–Wallis test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
| Untreatedb | 9.1 ± 5.0a | 10.1 ± 5.8a | 9.9 ± 4.1a | H(2,30) = 0.25; P = 0.88 |
| TCS | 6.7 ± 1.7a | 0.9 ± 1.3b (87.9%)c | 0.2 ± 0.4c (97.3%) | H(2,30) = 22.09; P < 0.01 |
a
Values represent mean ticks ± SD/100-m2. There were 10 randomly assigned plots in each treatment area. Values for 2012 are prior to any bait box deployment.
b
Separate Kruskal–Wallis tests conducted for untreated and TCS sites. Values followed by different letters are significantly different (Dunn’s test, P < 0.05).
c
Percent control, after Henderson’s equation (Henderson and Tilton 1955, Mount et al. 1976).