Ticks Identification Guide
Ixodes Scapularis - (includes deer tick)
Transmits agents of: Lyme, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Powassan, Encephalitis.
Possibly transmits: tick paralysis, tularemia, bartonella.
Amlyyomma Americanum - (include lone star)
Transmits agents of: Ehrlichiosis, Lyme or Lymelike illness, tularemia.
Possibly transmits: Ticks paralysis, Rocky Mt. spotted fever.
Demacentor Variablis - (includes American dog tick and wood tick)
Transmits agents of: Rocky Mt. spotted fever, tularemia.
Possibly transmits: Ehrlichiosis. Although a small percentage of dog ticks carry the Lyme bacteria, no transmission has been proven.
