Table 1.

Percent survival and number of surviving, unfed, nymphal Ixodes scapularis over three winters in Connecticut (CT) and Maine (ME). Total survival values with the same letter assignment were not significantly different. For each winter, n = 24 pots for both CT and ME.

Treatments	Y1		Y2		Y3		Total
	CT	ME	CT	ME	CT	ME
Control	94% 249	21% 56	61% 166	53% 145	54% 142	74% 167	59% A 925
SR	86% 239	23% 62	63% 153	28% 72	47% 123	33% 98	46% AB 747
LR	86% 226	3% 7	53% 138	24% 63	44% 111	52% 139	44% B 684
LRSR	77% 207	3% 7	40% 106	17% 44	52% 132	31% 84	36% B 580

Y1: year 1; Y2: year 2; Y2: year 3; SR: snow removal; LR: leaf removal; LRSR: a combination of both leaf and snow removal.