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Table 4 Ticks collected from domestic cats in the USA by species, stage and month of collection

From: Show us your ticks: a survey of ticks infesting dogs and cats across the USA

Species

Stage

Total

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Amblyomma americanum

F

93

0

0

2

6

45

33

6

0

1

0

0

0

M

32

0

0

1

2

15

11

0

1

1

0

1

0

N

92

0

0

2

9

27

20

5

22

6

1

0

0

L

126

0

0

0

0

0

7

27

41

39

12

0

0

Dermacentor variabilis

F

48

0

0

1

1

20

13

7

1

1

0

4

0

M

41

0

0

0

4

13

7

8

1

0

0

8

0

N

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

L

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

32

0

0

0

Ixodes scapularis

F

225

8

0

4

2

12

4

1

0

3

110

53

28

M

41

2

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

28

5

3

N

19

0

0

0

1

7

8

1

0

2

0

0

0

L

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

F

20

0

2

0

0

1

5

8

2

1

0

1

0

M

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

N

115

22

0

0

0

0

9

3

29

18

13

4

17

L

32

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

 

891

33

2

10

25

141

121

69

98

104

164

76

48

  1. Note: Other submitted ticks included O. megnini, R. sanguineus (s.l.), A. maculatum, D. albipictus, I. affinis, I. angustus, I. cookei,I. pacificus, H. longicornis and D. andersoni
  2. Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; N, nymph; L, larva