<p><strong>Collections of<em> </em>immature <em>Amblyomma maculatum </em>Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) from Mississippi, U.S.A.</strong></p>

• DOI: 10.11158/saa.20.1.3
• Publication Date: 2015-01-05T04:08:17Z
• Authors: JOSÉ SANTOS PORTU...; JEROME GODDARD
• Keywords: Amblyomma americanum

Immatures of Amblyomma maculatum have historically been difficult to collect when not on an animal host, thus a definite seasonality the immatures has never determined. In this study, we made tick collections at two sites during 2012–2014. Site A (Oktibbeha County) in northern Mississippi, and B (Jackson southern were sampled from September-May October-May, respectively. Sampling was vegetation with 1 m2 weighted white corduroy drag cloth, dry ice traps, also novel method known as “swabbing.” total 157 ticks collected, 42% (n=65) being A. maculatum. Of these 65, only 20% (n=13) immatures, 18.5% (n=12) nymphs, larva (1.5%) (collected by swabbing). To our knowledge, is third time that species collected United States. The first Mississippi November, expands stage. twelve nymphs one found May, becoming south U.S. Route 84 month.