Table 1.
Occurrence and number of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the study area in 2020 and the proportion of the forest cover in the overall land structure in the analyzed districts (FC forest cover, F females, M males, N nymphs).
| District/collection site | FC (%) | Months | Whole study period | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | F | M | N | |||
| Subregion A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puławy | 24.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 125 | 170 |
| Opole | 29.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 40 | 11 | 108 |
| Ryki | 22.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| Kraśnik | 21.3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 62 | 20 | 149 |
| Subregion B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radzyń | 24.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 29 | 9 | 102 |
| Lublin | 10.3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 100 |
| Lubartów | 20.9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 71 | 33 | 198 |
| Świdnik | 11.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 64 |
| Łęczna | 13.9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 109 | 69 | 25 | 203 |
| Krasnystaw | 15.3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 62 | 85 | 236 |
| Subregion C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parczew | 24.9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 55 | 19 | 175 |
| Włodawa | 40.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| Hrubieszów | 13.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 76 | 55 | 217 |
| Chełm | 18.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 63 | 42 | 150 |
| Subregion D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Janów | 41.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 29 | 5 | 77 |
| Biłgoraj | 23.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 44 | 14 | 122 |
| Zamość | 23.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 67 |
| Tomaszów | 21.9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30 | 59 | 149 |
| Total | 77 | 45 | 0 | 179 | 106 | 93 | 409 | 234 | 187 | 161 | 152 | 170 | 94 | 72 | 17 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 94 | 65 | 60 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 1086 | 754 | 535 | 2375 | |