Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is the European cousin of Ixodes scapularis and the dominant Lyme vector across Europe from Portugal to the Urals. It also transmits tick-borne encephalitis, anaplasmosis, and several Babesia species, and requires at least 80 percent humidity to survive - which is why it concentrates in mixed deciduous woodland.
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 pacificus is the western counterpart of Ixodes scapularis, found from British Columbia south through the Pacific states. It…
Dermacentor reticulatus carries tick-borne encephalitis virus in parts of central and eastern Europe, and is also a principal vector of…
Field studies in the northeastern United States routinely find a single white-footed mouse carrying dozens of attached Ixodes scapularis…
Dermacentor reticulatus, the ornate dog tick, has expanded explosively across central Europe since 2000. It now occupies all 16 German…
Tick-borne encephalitis is overwhelmingly transmitted by Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus bites, but small European outbreaks regularly…