Table 1. Collection details for the ticks used in the present study.

Pool ID	Tick species	Collection site	Adult		Nymph	Total
			Female	Male
AVf	Amblyomma variegatum	Laboratory colonya	20			20
AVm	Amblyomma variegatum	Laboratory colonya		20		20
IOf	Ixodes ovatus	Hokkaido, Japan	59			59
IOm	Ixodes ovatus	Hokkaido, Japan		110		110
IPf	Ixodes persulcatus	Hokkaido, Japan	56			56
IPm	Ixodes persulcatus	Hokkaido, Japan		75		75
IRf	Ixodes ricinus	Soesterberg, The Netherlands	55			55
ATn	Amblyomma testudinarium	Miyazaki, Japan			57	57
HFfmn	Haemaphysalis formosensis	Miyazaki, Japan	32	24	513	569
HLfmn	Haemaphysalis longicornis	Miyazaki, Japan	16	20	84	120

^aThis laboratory colony was originally obtained from The Gambia and has been maintained at Utrecht Centre for Tick-borne Diseases, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.