Table 1. Sites surveyed for Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks, Staten Island, New York, USA, 2017 and 2018*.
| Year and location |
Surveyed |
Habitat |
Density/1,000 m2* |
Adult |
Nymph |
Larvae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ||||||
| Bloomingdale Park | Questing | Forest | 3.1 (2) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Blue Heron Park | Questing | Forest | 0.9 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve | Questing | Forest | 61.5 (2) | 5 | 89 | 0 |
| Clove Lakes Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conference House Park | Questing | Forest | 7.4 (2) | 7 | 78 | 0 |
| Freshkills Park | Questing; host | Grassland | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Kills Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| High Rock Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latourette Park | Questing | Forest | 1.3 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lemon Creek Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver Lake Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.3 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willowbrook Park | Questing | Forest | 0.8 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wolfe’s Pond Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | ||||||
| Arden Woods Park | Questing; host | Forest | 2.7 (6) | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Bloomingdale Park | Questing | Forest | 5.9 (3) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Blueberry Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Heron Park | Questing; host | Forest | 0.3 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bunker Pond Park | Questing | Forest | 1.4 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve | Questing; host | Forest | 146.2 (3) | 26 | 280 | 70 |
| Clove Lakes Park | Questing; host | Forest | 0.0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College of Staten Island | Questing; host | Grassland | 676.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| Conference House Park | Questing; host | Forest | 509.7 (6) | 128 | 1,058 | 343 |
| Deere Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freshkills Park | Questing; host | Grassland | 11.0 (1) | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Goodhue Park | Questing; host | Forest | 0.3 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Great Kills Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| High Rock Park | Questing | Forest | 3.3 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hybrid Oak Woods Park | Questing | Forest | 13.6 (3) | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| Ingram Woods Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones Woods Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King Fisher Park | Questing; host | Forest | 0.0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latourette Park | Questing; host | Forest | 5.3 (6) | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Lemon Creek Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midland Field Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miller Field Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Loretto State Forest | Questing; host | Grassland | 675.0 (1) | 2 | 1 | 78 |
| Ocean Breeze Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed's Basket Willow Swamp Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seidenberg Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver Lake Park | Questing | Grassland | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wegener Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westwood Park | Questing | Forest | 0.7 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willowbrook Park | Questing; host | Forest | 1.0 (6) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wolfe's Pond Park | Questing | Forest | 0.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodhull Park | Questing | Forest | 1.7 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
*Adult, nymph, and larval counts include questing ticks only. Values in parentheses indicate no. visits per site.