Table 1.

Seasonal variation of species detected in field ticks collected in the Gwang-ju metropolitan area, South Korea (May 2014–April 2018).

Duration	Tick (pools)	Hamaphysalis longicornis	Hamaphysalis flava	Ixodes nipponensis	Amblyomma testudinarium
	11,717 (1,094)	10,904 (93.1%)	656 (5.6%)	151 (1.3%)	6 (0.05%)
May-December 2014	1,824 (179)	1,761	41	22	0
2015	2,849 (297)	2,578	240	29	2
2016	3,172 (308)	2,895	237	39	1
2017	3,079 (238)	2,940	99	39	1
January-April 2018	793 (72)	790	39	22	2