Table 2.
Number of Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni adult and nymphal ticks collected from dogs and cats by species, stage, and geographic region
| Species | Stage | Region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | South | Midwest | West | ||
| Dermacentor variabilis | Female | 284 | 493 | 964 | 103 |
| Male | 146 | 359 | 689 | 62 | |
| Nymph | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Dermacentor andersoni | Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nymph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dermacentor albipictus | Female | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| (Duncan et al. 2020) | Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nymph | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 430 | 853 | 1,660 | 188 |
No Dermacentor spp. larvae were submitted from pets over the 2-yr period. The Dermacentor albipictus listed here were reported in an earlier, multi-institutional paper (Duncan et al. 2020).