Principal Tick Species of North America

 

American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

• Diseases: Tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Range
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Black Legged Tick aka Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis)

• Diseases: Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis
• Range
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Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)

• Diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis. and ehrlichiosis
• Range
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Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum)

 

• Diseases: Rickettsia Parkeri
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Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)

• Diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, “Stari” borreliosis, monocytic ehrlichiosis, and tularemia
• Range
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Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni)

• Diseases: Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick paralysis, tularemia
• Range
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Western Black Legged Tick (Ixodes pacificus)

• Diseases: Anaplasmosis, Lyme disease
• Range
• Other info