American Dog Tick

Tick Control

Nick Names:

Dog tick, Wood tick

Common Names:

American Dog tick

Formal Names:

Dermacentor variabilis

Description:

Looks like Rocky Mountain Wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni - DA), and Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum - AM). Mouthparts are shorter than AM.

Repellents:

Permethrin clothing treatment kills ticks and deet-based skin repellent helps repel them.

Diseases:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tuleremia and may carry Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis.

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