Table 1.

Number of questing Ixodes ricinus DNA samples available from earlier studies from 2009 to 2013 from site R1 and from 2011 and 2012 from site T

Year	Number of DNA samples from Ixodes ricinus per developmental stage / sex								Ticks investigated per year
	Site R1				Site T
	Females	Males	Nymphs	Larvae d	Females	Males	Nymphs	Larvae d
2009a	75	83	67	-	-	-	-	-	225
2010a	60	60	60	-	-	-	-	-	180
2011b	120	120	115	-	33	46	120	145	699
2012b	115	120	120	-	109	117	120	80	781
2013c	85	88	88	-	-	-	-	-	321
Total	455	471	450		141	174	300	225	2216

^aavailable from [36].

^bavailable from [24].

^cavailable from Gomez Chamorro (unpublished).

^dlarvae were investigated in pools of 5.