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  2. Dermacentor variabilis - Wikipedia

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    Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (Francisella tularensis). It is one of the best-known hard ticks. Diseases are spread when it sucks blood from the host.

  3. A guide to the tick species every American should know - AOL

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    Long Star ticks are generally found in the West, but they've recently made the jump to the East Coast, too. Ticks have been documented transmitting a wide range of protozoan, bacterial, viral, and ...

  4. Dermacentor andersoni - Wikipedia

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    Dermacentor andersoni, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, is a hard tick, or member of the Ixodidae family, with three life stages including larvae, nymph, and finally adult, or, more entomologically, imago. This tick is generally located in the northwest United States and southwest Canada along the Rocky Mountains.

  5. Woodtick - Wikipedia

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    Woodtick or wood tick is the common name for several ticks, including: Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick;

  6. Tick season is here, so here are common Maryland varieties ...

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    Areas like Maryland also include the Wood Tick, brown dog tick, lone star tick, Gulf Coast tick and the Asian longhorned tick. They are mostly active mainly in summer although some species can ...

  7. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    What they look like: Chiggers, a type of small mite, typically leave clusters of bites that are often very itchy. In many cases, chigger bites appear as small, red and itchy bumps. Sometimes, they ...

  8. Ticks of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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    During the lifecycle of a three-host tick feeding on its natural host that has acquired immunological resistance to the feeding of the ticks, tick mortality can be high. [44] This mortality is highest for the larvae which are easily killed by the immune reactions in the host's skin.

  9. Mites of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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    Vernacular terms to describe diseases caused by mites include scab, mange, and scabies. Mites and ticks have substantially different biology from, and are classed separately from, insects (the class Insecta). Mites of domestic animals cause important types of skin disease, and some mites infest other organs. Diagnosis of mite infestations can ...