Table 1 Ticks collected in Bulgaria, 2012
Sampling site | Collection method | Total | Developmental stage | Genus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larvae | Nymphs | Adults | Ixodes | Rhipicephalus | Hyalomma | Haemaphysalis | Dermacentor | ||||
Male | Female | ||||||||||
Silkosiya | F, SM, T, HLC | 670 | 378 (56.4) | 266 (39.7) | 12 (1.8) | 14 (2.1) | 658 (98.2) | 4 (0.6) | 8 (1.2) | 0 | 0 |
Stoilovo | F, G, D, HLC | 282 | 55 (19.5) | 152 (53.9) | 37 (13.1) | 38 (13.5) | 227 (80.5) | 44 (15.6) | 7 (2.5) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.7) |
Sredoka | F, HLC | 239 | 101 (42.2) | 125 (52.3) | 5 (2.1) | 8 (3.3) | 238 (99.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kosti | F, SM, D, HLC | 127 | 67 (52.7) | 51 (40.2) | 2 (1.6) | 7 (5.5) | 88 (69.3) | 38 (29.9) | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0 |
Malko Tarnovo | F, C, HLC | 87 | 0 | 0 | 48 (55.2) | 39 (44.8) | 4 (4.6) | 52 (59.8) | 31 (35.6) | 0 | 0 |
Bulgari | F | 47 | 16 (34.1) | 30 (63.8) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 45 (95.7) | 2 (4.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sinemorets | HLC | 16 | 1 (6.2) | 3 (18.8) | 8 (50.0) | 4 (25.0) | 9 (56.0) | 7 (43.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zvezdets | F | 55 | 9 (16.4) | 39 (70.9) | 3 (5.4) | 4 (7.3) | 55 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ropotamo | D | 6 | 0 | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 4 (66.6) | 3 (50.0) | 0 | 3 (50.0) | 0 | 0 |
Wildlife Reh. Centre | T | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 0 | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1541 | 627 (40.7) | 667 (43.3) | 127 (8.2) | 120 (7.8) | 1327 (86.1) | 150 (9.8) | 60 (3.9) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | |