Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, is named for the single white spot on the female's scutum. Unlike Ixodes ticks, which sit and wait, lone stars actively pursue movement and CO2 plumes - people sometimes find dozens climbing a leg within minutes of stepping into infested habitat.
Despite expanding overlap with Lyme disease in the southeastern United States, Amblyomma americanum (the lone star tick) does not transmit…
A single tick species, Amblyomma americanum, transmits ehrlichiosis from Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii, tularemia, Heartland virus,…
Southern tick-associated rash illness produces an expanding red rash that looks indistinguishable from early Lyme disease, but it follows…
Amblyomma cajennense (sensu lato) - now recognized as a complex of six closely related species - is the principal Latin American vector of…
Hard ticks find hosts by questing: climbing onto grass blades or low vegetation, anchoring with the back legs, and waving the front legs…
Dermacentor variabilis adults have ornate white-and-brown mottling on the scutum and are roughly the size of a watermelon seed when unfed.…