TABLE 1.

Numbers of mice captured and ticks collected at four locations in Connecticut in 1997

Capture site	No. of mice captured or recaptured	No. of captured individuals	Trapping period	No. of I. scapularis collected
				Larvae	Nymphs
Old Lymea	19	13	30 April–27 Augusta	223	22
Lyme	12	9	23 April–17 July	39	4
East Haddam	12	5	16 April–16 September	38	20
Bridgeport	45	23	20 June–19 September	673	33
Total	88	50		973	79

^aFive more mice were trapped in April 1998 at Old Lyme, Conn.