Table 1.

Number, month sampled, species, and gender of ticks (M=male, F=female) collected from each of the bears in this study.

Bear	Month sampled	Amblyomma americanum	Amblyomma maculatum	Dermacentor variabilis	Ixodes scapularis	Total
1	June	–	4 (M), 4 (F)	1 (M)	–	9
2	June	–	2 (M), 4 (F)	1 (F)	–	7
3	June	–	–	2 (M), 1 (F)	–	3
4	June	–	9 (M)	2 (M), 3 (F)	–	14
5	June	–	–	1 (M), 6 (F)	–	7
6	June	–	3 (M), 1 (F)	1 (M), 3 (F)	–	8
7	September	–	–	1 (F)	–	1
8	September	–	–	1 (F)	–	1
9	September	–	1 (M)	1 (M), 1 (F)	–	3
10	October	–	9 (M), 1 (F)	–	–	10
11	October	–	–	–	2 (M), 3 (F)	5
12	November	–	–	–	2 (M), 1 (F)	3
13	December	–	–	–	2 (F)	2
14	January	–	–	–	2 (F)	2
15	February	–	–	–	2 (F)	2
16	February	3 (M), 2 (F)	–	–	–	5
17	March	–	–	–	2 (M), 2 (F)	4
Total		5	38	25	18	86