Table 1 Numbers of collected and selected rodents, attached and questing ticks, 2015–2017, Saxony, Germany

Collected rodents

 A. flavicollis

17

17

15

15

27

27

59

59

 A. agrarius

–

–

1

1

–

–

1

1

 A. terrestris

1

1

–

–

–

–

1

1

 M. glareolus

55

55

31

31

18

18

104

104

 Total

73

73

47

47

45

45

165

165

Attached ticks

 I. ricinus

158

295

97

231

140

638

395

1164

  Larvae

144

271

81

212

117

607

342

1090

  Nymph

14

24

16

19

23

31

53

74

 D. reticulatus

17

33

23

35

20

24

60

92

  Larvae

3

3

–

–

6

6

9

9

  Nymph

14

30

23

35

14

18

51

83

 Total

175

328

120

266

160

662

455

1256

Questing ticks

 I. ricinus

58

299

31

42

105

206

194

547

  Larvae

7

13

–

–

20

21

27

34

  Nymph

25

214

2

13

50

150

77

377

  Male

11

31

18

18

21

21

50

70

  Female

15

41

11

11

14

14

40

66

 D. reticulatus

–

–

5

9

21

21

26

30

  Male

–

–

1

3

5

5

6

8

  Female

–

–

4

6

16

16

20

22

 Total

58

299

36

51

126

227

220

577