Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the only major tick species that can complete its full life cycle indoors. Engorged females drop off a dog and lay thousands of eggs in cracks in walls, baseboards, and kennel floors, producing self-sustaining infestations in homes that other ticks cannot.
Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a competent vector of Rickettsia rickettsii in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where…
Soft ticks in the genus Ornithodoros can survive years between blood meals and live for a decade or more. A single infected tick can sit…
Ixodid ticks pass through four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Larvae, nymphs, and adult females each take one large blood…
Ornithodoros hermsi is a soft tick that lives in rodent nests inside walls and rafters of mountain cabins from California to Idaho. It…
Dermacentor reticulatus, the ornate dog tick, has expanded explosively across central Europe since 2000. It now occupies all 16 German…
Ixodes scapularis takes three blood meals over a roughly two-year life cycle. Larvae and nymphs feed mainly on white-footed mice and other…