Table 1.

Ixodes holocyclus and I. ricinus ticks collected from different hosts and the environment

Tick Instar or Sex	Number of ticks	Hosts or Questing (number of ticks)
Ixodes holocyclus	196
Nymph	15	Questing (15)
Male	41	Questing (41)
Female	140	Bos taurus (4), Canis familiaris (26), Corvus coronoides (1), Cracticus tibicen (1), Echidna (Family: Tachyglossidae) (1), Felis catus (5), Homo sapiens (26), Macropus spp. (9), Trichosurus vulpecula (14), Questing (53).
Ixodes ricinus	30
Nymph	20	Questing (20)
Female	10	Questing (10)