Guide régional des tiques

Tiques à Utah

Explorez les signalements de tiques pour Utah, avec des liens vers les profils d'identification, les preuves et les conseils pratiques.

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Sources examinées

4

espèces de tiques apparentées

State

Niveau géographique

US-UT

code d'emplacement

4 relevés d'espèces validés sont actuellement liés à Utah.

Données d’espèces introduites, occasionnelles et autres

Magnified dorsal view of a Dermacentor albipictus winter tick larva

Winter tick

Dermacentor albipictus

Present Dermacentor hard_tick Utah

Utah State University Extension records the winter tick among less frequently encountered Utah ticks.

Aperçu rapide

A one-host Dermacentor species widely known as the winter tick. Human encounters are reported, while health claims require association-specific evidence.

Identification:

A hard tick in the genus Dermacentor. Species confirmation requires examination of diagnostic morphology; photographs, host and location alone may be insufficient.

Hôtes: Humans, Horses

Les photographies et les caractéristiques visibles peuvent ne pas suffire pour une identification définitive.

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Adult female Dermacentor andersoni on the left and adult male on the right with scutum differences marked

Rocky Mountain wood tick

Également connu sous le nom de: Rocky Mountain tick

Dermacentor andersoni

Present Dermacentor hard_tick Utah

Utah State University Extension identifies the Rocky Mountain wood tick as the tick most commonly encountered by people and pets in Utah.

Aperçu rapide

A hard tick of the Rocky Mountain states and southwestern Canada. Adults are the principal stage associated with pathogen transmission to humans.

Également connu sous le nom de: Rocky Mountain tick

Identification:

Adults are ornate Dermacentor ticks with short mouthparts, eyes and festoons. Females have a cream-patterned anterior scutum; males show pale mottling across most of the dorsum.

Hôtes: Humans, Small mammals, Large mammals, Livestock, Dogs

Habitats: Rocky Mountain rangeland, Grassland and shrubland

Les photographies et les caractéristiques visibles peuvent ne pas suffire pour une identification définitive.

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Adult female Ixodes pacificus western blacklegged tick on a green blade of grass

Western blacklegged tick

Également connu sous le nom de: Western black-legged tick

Ixodes pacificus

Rare Ixodes hard_tick Utah

Utah State University Extension records the western blacklegged tick in Utah but states encounters are very unlikely.

Aperçu rapide

A Pacific coast hard tick, particularly important in northern California. Nymphs and adult females are more often reported on people, although larvae also bite humans.

Également connu sous le nom de: Western black-legged tick

Identification:

Adult females have a dark anterior scutum and reddish-orange posterior body when unfed. Ixodes ticks lack eyes and festoons and have an anal groove anterior to the anus. Expert examination may be needed to separate related Ixodes.

Hôtes: Humans, White-tailed deer, Small mammals, Birds, Lizards

Habitats: Pacific coastal woodland, Woodland edges and trails

Les photographies et les caractéristiques visibles peuvent ne pas suffire pour une identification définitive.

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Adult female and male Rhipicephalus sanguineus brown dog ticks in dorsal view

Brown dog tick

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Present Utah

Utah State University Extension records the brown dog tick as occasionally brought into Utah homes.

Aperçu rapide

A globally distributed, dog-associated hard tick able to complete its life cycle in buildings and kennels. UK records are linked to importation; UKHSA reports no current evidence of establishment outdoors or as a resident UK population.

Identification:

Laterally produced angular basis capituli.

Eyes and festoons present.

Scutum lacks ornamentation.

Mouthparts relatively short compared with the basis capituli.

Coxa I has large paired internal and external spurs.

Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a species complex in some literature; expert morphological and sometimes molecular review may be necessary.

Les photographies et les caractéristiques visibles peuvent ne pas suffire pour une identification définitive.

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