Table 1.

Sample sizes from current survey and other, recent studies in Florida using different collecting methods. Numbers of adult and nymphal ticks are shown. Nymphs were primarily reported as A. americanum.

Study Climate Zones [36]	Method	A. americanum	A. maculatum	D. variabilis	I. scapularis	R sanguineus	Immatures
Current 1–6	Flag	501	8	50	234	0	1240
Merrill [27] 4	Flag/Boar	0/0	15/979	0/12	13/8	0/0	2958/1
Hertz [26] 1–5	Wild animals	3114	317	125	592	0	Not done
Burroughs [25] 1–6	Domestics	51	4	10	29	1243	‘Rare’
Cilek [24] 1	Flag	102	27	1	653	0	‘Rare’
Greiner [23] 5	Boar	3	287	2423	52	0	0