Table 1 Number of fed and unfed Ixodes ricinus larvae and nymphs from captured small mammals in southeastern Norway (2018–2022)
| Â | Hosts | I. ricinus larvae | I. ricinus nymphs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Live | Sum | Fed | Unfed | Sum | Fed | Unfed | Sum | |
Apodemus sylvaticus | 71 (49%) | 144 | 1292 | 3148 | 4440 | 174 | 119 | 293 |
Microtus agrestis | 9 (69%) | 13 | 78 | 173 | 251 | 30 | 9 | 39 |
Myodes glareolus | 92 (38%) | 241 | 1586 | 4299 | 5885 | 95 | 113 | 208 |
Sorex araneus | 4 (5%) | 85 | 550 | 1172 | 1722 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
Sorex minutus | 0 | 15 | 35 | 95 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sum | 176 (35%) | 498 | 3541 | 8887 | 12,428 | 307 | 252 | 559 |