Table 4.

Ticks collected from domestic cats in the USA by species, stage and month of collection

Species	Stage	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Amblyomma americanum	F	93	0	0	2	6	45	33	6	0	1	0	0	0
	M	32	0	0	1	2	15	11	0	1	1	0	1	0
	N	92	0	0	2	9	27	20	5	22	6	1	0	0
	L	126	0	0	0	0	0	7	27	41	39	12	0	0
Dermacentor variabilis	F	48	0	0	1	1	20	13	7	1	1	0	4	0
	M	41	0	0	0	4	13	7	8	1	0	0	8	0
	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	L	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0
Ixodes scapularis	F	225	8	0	4	2	12	4	1	0	3	110	53	28
	M	41	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	28	5	3
	N	19	0	0	0	1	7	8	1	0	2	0	0	0
	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	F	20	0	2	0	0	1	5	8	2	1	0	1	0
	M	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	N	115	22	0	0	0	0	9	3	29	18	13	4	17
	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		891	33	2	10	25	141	121	69	98	104	164	76	48

Note: Other submitted ticks included O. megnini, R. sanguineus (s.l.), A. maculatum, D. albipictus, I. affinis, I. angustus, I. pacificus, H. longicornis and D. andersoni

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; N, nymph; L, larva