Male ticks don’t grow in size after feeding ... including cats and humans. Unfed adult brown dog ticks have a reddish-brown ...

American dog ticks and brown dog ticks. After a tick egg hatches, it goes through three life stages: larva, nymph and adult. Both male and female ticks feed on blood by inserting their barbed ...

With climate change, more species of ticks are spreading north into Canada while others are expanding their range here. Adult male dog tick. Researchers find that a high percent of dog ticks carry ...

Tick-Borne Diseases: Black-legged ticks are known for transmitting Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Overview: The American dog tick is a larger type of tick. Females have a distinctive ...

From left, nymph, adult male, adult female, engorged female. On the bottom row is the dermacentor variabilis, or "American dog tick." From left, adult male, adult female, engorged female.

The American dog tick can carry tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Adult females are the most likely to bite people, usually during spring and summer. The deer tick can transmit Lyme ...