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Orange County vector control warns of increased tick detections; offers prevention guidance
Summary
A representative of the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District briefed the San Clemente Parks and Recreation Commission about a rise in tick detections countywide, described species and disease risks, and urged simple prevention and removal steps while noting the district does not test ticks brought in by the public.
Tyler Gerber, an assistant vector ecologist with the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District, told the San Clemente Parks and Recreation Commission that field surveillance this year has found more ticks at multiple sites across the county than in recent years and urged residents who use trails to take precautions.
Gerber said district staff use fabric flags to sweep brush and collect ticks; he described one recent sweep that yielded about a dozen ticks at a site that historically has produced positive ticks and said other collections elsewhere in the county have been much larger. "We have seen more in this area, and that's why we go there time and time again," he said.
The district highlighted the species and biology most relevant to local…
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