Table 2 Ticks found crawling or attached to humans during banding activities between 2019 and 2024, Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
Tick species | Tick collected | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amblyomma inornatum | Crawling | 1 (N) | |||||||||
Amblyomma maculatum | Crawling | 1 (N) | 2 (A) | 1 (A) | |||||||
Amblyomma mixtum | Crawling | 1 (A) | 3 (A) | ||||||||
Amblyomma tenellum | Attached | 5 (4N, 1A) | 2 (A) | 1(N) | 1 (A) | ||||||
Crawling | 51 (33L, 15N, 3A) | 86 (65N, 21A) | 71 (37N, 34A) | 46 (6N, 40A) | 36 (10N, 26A) | 25 (1N, 24A) | 10 (A) | ||||
Dermacentor variabilis | Crawling | 1 (A) | 2 (A) | 2 (A) | 4 (A) | 1 (A) | 3 (A) | ||||
Total | 1 | 54 | 91 | 73 | 49 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 4 |