Editing Tick (section)

===Range and habitat===
Tick species are widely distributed around the world.<ref>[[#Magnarelli|Magnarelli (2009)]]</ref> They tend to flourish more in warm, humid climates, because they require a certain amount of moisture in the air to undergo [[metamorphosis]], and low temperatures inhibit their development of eggs to larvae.<ref name="London1905">[[#Nuttall|Nuttall (1905)]]</ref> 
The occurrence of ticks and tick-borne illnesses in humans is increasing.<ref name="CDC">{{cite web |title=Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases Increasing |url=https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/media/lyme-tickborne-diseases-increasing.html |website=Centers for Disease Control |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=en-us |date=21 October 2021}}</ref> Tick populations are spreading into new areas, due in part to the warming temperatures of [[climate change]].<ref name="Chrobak"/><ref name="Gilbert">{{cite journal |last1=Gilbert |first1=Lucy |title=The Impacts of Climate Change on Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease Risk |journal=Annual Review of Entomology |date=7 January 2021 |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=373–388 |doi=10.1146/annurev-ento-052720-094533 |pmid=33417823 |s2cid=231300522 |issn=0066-4170|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Tick parasitism is widely distributed among host taxa, including marsupial and placental mammals, birds, reptiles (snakes, iguanas, and lizards), and amphibians.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dantas-Torres F, Oliveira-Filho EF, Soares FA, Souza BO, Valença RB, Sá FB | title = Ticks infesting amphibians and reptiles in Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil | journal = Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria | volume = 17 | issue = 4 | pages = 218–21 | date = 2008 | pmid = 19265581 | doi = 10.1590/S1984-29612008000400009 | doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Ticks of domestic animals]] cause considerable harm to livestock through pathogenic transmission, causing anemia through blood loss, and damaging wool and hides.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.butox-info.com/ectoparasites/ticks.asp |title=Ticks of Livestock |work=Ectoparasites of Livestock |publisher=Butox |access-date=14 January 2017 |archive-date=16 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162859/http://www.butox-info.com/ectoparasites/ticks.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Amblyomma variegatum|Tropical Bont tick]] wreaks havoc on livestock and wildlife in Africa, the Caribbean, and several other countries through the spread of disease, specifically [[Ehrlichia ruminantium|heartwater]] disease.<ref>{{cite web|title=tropical bont tick - Amblyomma variegatum|url=http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/Creatures/livestock/ticks/tropical_bont_tick.htm|access-date=2020-11-29|website=entnemdept.ufl.edu}}</ref> The [[Otobius megnini|spinose ear tick]] has a worldwide distribution, the young feed inside the ears of cattle and various wildlife.<ref name="Texas">{{cite web |url=http://livestockvetento.tamu.edu/insectspests/ticks/ |title=Ticks |work=Livestock Veterinary Entomology |publisher=Texas A&M AgriLife |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

A habitat preferred by ticks is the interface where a lawn meets the forest,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/20/486635116/taking-the-battle-against-lyme-disease-ticks-to-the-backyard|title=Taking The Battle Against Lyme Disease Ticks To The Backyard| vauthors = Beans C |date=20 July 2016|publisher=NPR}}</ref> or more generally, the [[ecotone]], which is unmaintained transitional edge habitat between woodlands and open areas. Therefore, one tick management strategy is to remove leaf litter, brush, and weeds at the edge of the woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millis.org/Pages/MillisMA_BComm/Boh/Tick%20Management.PDF|title=Integrated Tick Management|publisher=Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=4 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204060757/http://www.millis.org/Pages/MillisMA_BComm/Boh/Tick%20Management.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ticks like shady, moist leaf litter with an overstory of trees or shrubs and, in the spring, they deposit their eggs into such places allowing larvae to emerge in the fall and crawl into low-lying vegetation. The 3 meter boundary closest to the lawn's edge are a tick migration zone, where 82% of tick nymphs in lawns are found.<ref name="dirt" />