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  3. Arthropods
  4. Arachnids
  5. Ticks
  6. Hardbacked Ticks

family

Hardbacked Ticks

Ixodidae

Includes
20 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Bont Ticks 7 native
  • Dog Ticks 6 native
  • Ixodes 5 native
  • Pepper Ticks 1 native
  • Haemaphysalis 1 native
  • Robertsicus
  • Hyalomma

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native hardbacked ticks All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis 33,431 observations
  • Eastern Black-legged Tick Ixodes scapularis 17,708 observations
  • Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum 13,891 observations
  • Pacific Coast Tick Dermacentor occidentalis 5,236 observations
  • Gulf Coast Tick Amblyomma maculatum 3,668 observations
  • Western Black-legged Tick Ixodes pacificus 3,386 observations
  • Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus 3,236 observations
  • Rocky Mountain Wood Tick Dermacentor andersoni 1,361 observations
  • Rabbit Tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris 154 observations
  • Bighorn Sheep Tick Dermacentor hunteri 57 observations
  • Ixodes angustus 14 observations

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