Table 1 Ixodes ricinus sampled between 2009 and 2010 from ten provinces in Belgium (S = number of sampling; N.N = number of nymphs; N.A = number of adults; “-” = not sampled)
Province | Year (20-) | Spring (Mar–May) | Summer (Jun–Aug) | Autumn (Sep–Nov) | Nymphs per 100 m² | Adults per 100 m² | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | N.N | N.A | S | N.N | N.A | S | N.N | N.A | |||||
Flanders | Antwerp | 09 | 4 | 627 | 103 | 1 | 245 | 15 | 3 | 194 | 14 | 26.7 | 3.3 |
10 | 3 | 513 | 22 | 4 | 578 | 82 | 2 | 217 | 16 | 29.1 | 2.7 | ||
East Flanders | 09 | 4 | 219 | 84 | 2 | 427 | 50 | – | – | – | 21.5 | 4.5 | |
10 | 5 | 1683 | 47 | 2 | 541 | 32 | – | – | – | 63.5 | 2.3 | ||
Flemish Brabant | 09 | 10 | 2769 | 278 | 6 | 2393 | 109 | 11 | 1458 | 204 | 49.0 | 4.4 | |
10 | 8 | 2420 | 161 | 6 | 1802 | 44 | 2 | 529 | 30 | 59.4 | 2.9 | ||
Limburg | 09 | 2 | 153 | 16 | 1 | 298 | 45 | 2 | 334 | 37 | 31.4 | 3.9 | |
10 | 1 | 455 | 14 | 3 | 818 | 33 | 1 | 142 | 7 | 56.6 | 2.2 | ||
West Flanders | 09 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | – | – | – | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
Wallonia | Hainaut | 09 | – | – | – | 1 | 125 | 3 | – | – | – | 25.0 | 0.6 |
10 | 3 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 2.8 | 0.5 | ||
Liege | 09 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 8 | – | – | – | 7.7 | 0.4 | |
10 | 3 | 140 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 1 | – | – | – | 8.3 | 0.5 | ||
Luxembourg | 09 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 196 | 21 | – | – | – | 12.1 | 1.6 | |
10 | 1 | 86 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17.2 | 0.6 | ||
Namur | 09 | 3 | 107 | 33 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 7.3 | 1.8 | |
10 | 4 | 397 | 30 | 2 | 295 | 16 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 22.1 | 1.7 | ||
Walloon Brabant | 09 | 1 | 85 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17.0 | 10.2 | |
10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
All (ten) provinces | 09 | 28 | 4016 | 576 | 20 | 3893 | 268 | 17 | 2019 | 259 | 30.5 | 3.4 | |
10 | 31 | 5761 | 298 | 23 | 4068 | 209 | 6 | 968 | 65 | 36.0 | 1.9 | ||