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Order Ixodida - Ticks


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 126 13   1 
Alaska      5 22  
Alberta3    11     
Arizona 17 3  4271  1
Arkansas 31  32 3   
British Columbia1 215 11 1   
California82104428198142 72
Colorado   2231     
Connecticut  112       
Delaware   232    1 
Florida310148121173327
Georgia 1 366 4 1  
Idaho    112     
Illinois  125252    
Indiana     1      
Iowa 2 21022  2 2
Kansas  128 3     
Kentucky   35351  1 
Louisiana31 11 32    
Maine  15282 14  
Manitoba 2          
Maryland 41512531 1 3
Massachusetts 281022227521271
Michigan   3217     
Minnesota  322 2 12  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi  1 11 1    
Missouri   145    1 
Montana  116 1     
Nebraska  1214215    
New Brunswick    2    2  
New Hampshire   463 4121 
New Jersey  4411334 121
New Mexico  33 1      
New York  26191042 662
North Carolina2 291437    2
North Dakota   14      1
Nova Scotia   4        
Ohio    7521    
Oklahoma 38472351214
Ontario  12755  3  
Oregon6 564942   4
Pennsylvania  715114 1591
Quebec    1 1 2 1 
Rhode Island 1  121 14  
Saskatchewan    122     
South Carolina12   213    
South Dakota      2     
Tennessee 1  115     
Texas1 5912 656212
Utah 4 43311    
Virginia 11 44233 3 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Washington  85731 23  
West Virginia2   1       
Wisconsin2   257 112 
Wyoming    11      

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