Dermacentor reticulatus, the ornate dog tick, has expanded explosively across central Europe since 2000. It now occupies all 16 German federal states and most of the Czech Republic, driven largely by warmer winters and dogs traveling between regions. Its rise has paralleled a sharp increase in canine babesiosis (Babesia canis).
Dermacentor reticulatus carries tick-borne encephalitis virus in parts of central and eastern Europe, and is also a principal vector of…
Dermacentor variabilis adults have ornate white-and-brown mottling on the scutum and are roughly the size of a watermelon seed when unfed.…
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is the European cousin of Ixodes scapularis and the dominant Lyme vector across Europe from Portugal…
Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the only major tick species that can complete its full life cycle indoors. Engorged females drop off a dog and…
Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a competent vector of Rickettsia rickettsii in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where…
Winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) outbreaks are tightly coupled to short snow seasons. Late autumns let questing larvae find moose…