How Ticks Hide in Plain Sight From Predatory Fire Ants.
https://entomologytoday.org/20…ight-predatory-fire-ants/
And two connected articles:
Metastriate Ixodid Life Stages Protected from Predatory Ants in Texas.
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/48/5/1063/5552731 or https://academic.oup.com/ee/ar…/1063/30074333/nvz097.pdf
Relationships of Salinity, Relative Humidity, Mud Flat Fiddler Crabs, Ants, and Sea Ox-Eye Daisy With Ixodid Distribution and Egg Survival on the South Texas Coastal Plains.
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/48/3/733/5474998 or https://academic.oup.com/ee/ar…3/733/28774154/nvz034.pdf