Table 1 Seasonal distribution of ticks and their developmental stages/sex, collected from birds in the study period (March 2021 to August 2023)
Ixodes ricinus | Ixodes frontalis | Ixodes festai | Ixodes arboricola | Ixodes lividus | Haemaphysalis concinna | Dermacentor reticulatus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | Larva/nymph/female | |
2021 March | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2021 April | 0/4/0 | – | 0/0/1 | – | – | – | – |
2021 May | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2021 June | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/0/1 |
2021 July | 1/5/0 | – | – | – | – | 1/16/0 | 0/1/0 |
2021 August | 4/1/0 | – | – | – | – | 0/2/0 | – |
2021 September | 3/0/0 | – | – | – | – | 0/1/0 | – |
2021 October | 0/1/0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2021 November | – | 1/0/0 | – | – | – | – | – |
2021 December | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 January | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 February | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 March | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 April | 0/15/0 | – | – | – | – | 0/1/0 | – |
2022 May | 34/57/0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 June | 4/3/0 | – | – | – | 0/0/2 | 2/24/0 | – |
2022 July | 6/6/0 | – | – | – | - | 5/44/0 | – |
2022 August | 9/14/0 | 0/1/0 | – | – | - | 16/8/0 | – |
2022 September | 1/1/0 | – | – | – | - | 2/2/0 | – |
2022 October | – | 0/1/0 | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 November | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2022 December | 0/11/0 | 11/2/1 | – | 21/14/1 | – | – | – |
2023 January | – | 0/1/1 | – | – | – | – | – |
2023 February | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2023 March | 15/88/0 | 3/5/2 | 0/0/1 | – | – | 1/1/0 | – |
2023 April | 2/32/0 | 0/2/0 | – | – | – | 0/4/0 | – |
2023 May | – | – | – | – | – | - | – |
2023 June | 0/3/0 | – | – | – | 0/0/2 | 9/30/0 | – |
2023 July | 85/17/0 | – | – | – | – | 85/98/0 | – |
2023 August | 7/11/0 | – | – | – | – | 24/6/0 | – |