tickinfo.com

Your Best Source For Learning About And Protecting Yourself from Ticks

Tick Species

Gulf Coast Tick

Nick Names:

Common Names: Gulf Coast tick

Formal Names: Amblyomma maculatum

Description: Looks like American Dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis - DV), and Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni - DA). Mouthparts are longer than either DV and DA.

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

Diseases:

Left to Right: female, male

Left to Right: unengorged female, 1/4 engorged, 1/2 engorged and fully engorged

(C) SCS Ltd, 2000 - 2013 All photographs and material on this website is (c) protected - Pro-tick Remedy is a registered trademark of SCS Ltd