Table 3.
Immature A. maculatum collected from rodents sampled 2011-2018. The number of ticks collected from all rodents is shown in the second column and is listed by tick life stage. The percent of the rodents that represents is shown in the third column along with the total number of rodents of that species that were examined. All small mammal species not listed did not have any A. maculatum.
| Rodent
species Common name |
Life
stage (Number of ticks) |
Percentage parasitized (Number of rodents examined) |
|---|---|---|
| Hispid cotton rat | Larva (8) | 3.5% (226) |
| Nymph (7) | 3.1% (226) | |
| Golden mouse | Larva (0) | 0 (16) |
| Nymph (1) | 6% (16) | |
| House mouse | Larva (6) | 8% (79) |
| Nymph (0) | 0 (79) | |
| Eastern harvest mouse | Larva (0) | 0 (76) |
| Nymph (3) | 4% (76) | |
| Marsh rice rat | Larva (2) | 1.2% (164) |
| Nymph (0) | 0 (164) | |
| Meadow vole | Larva (0) | 0 (179) |
| Nymph (4) | 2.2% (179) |