A new study uses stable isotope labelling to mark tick nymphs and detect if they’ve been consumed by soil predators such as spiders, beetles, centipedes, and mites. Interactions between ticks and soil arthropods aren’t well understood, and the study marks the first known use of isotope labeling to identify tick predators. Shown here is an adult Ixodes ricinus tick, the species used in the study, which was conducted by researchers in Russia and the Czech Republic. (Photo by Nadja Baumgartner via iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0)
Ixodes ricinus
A new study uses stable isotope labelling to mark tick nymphs and detect if they’ve been consumed by soil predators such as spiders, beetles, centipedes, and mites. Interactions between ticks and soil arthropods aren’t well understood, and the study marks the first known use of isotope labeling to identify tick predators. Shown here is an adult Ixodes ricinus tick, the species used in the study, which was conducted by researchers in Russia and the Czech Republic. (Photo by Nadja Baumgartner via iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0)
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