American Dog Tick
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.

