Unlike most Ixodes species, Ixodes marxi spends much of its life in tree cavities and squirrel nests rather than on the ground. Larvae and nymphs are encountered in attics and outbuildings where squirrels den, which is also where most documented human bites have occurred.
Ixodes marxi feeds primarily on tree squirrels and rarely bites humans, but it cycles Powassan virus lineage 1 through small mammals along…
Ixodes scapularis takes three blood meals over a roughly two-year life cycle. Larvae and nymphs feed mainly on white-footed mice and other…
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is the European cousin of Ixodes scapularis and the dominant Lyme vector across Europe from Portugal…
Field studies in the northeastern United States routinely find a single white-footed mouse carrying dozens of attached Ixodes scapularis…
Ixodes pacificus is the western counterpart of Ixodes scapularis, found from British Columbia south through the Pacific states. It…
Adult female Ixodes scapularis are about 3 millimeters long with a solid dark scutum behind the head and an orange-red abdomen. Adult…