Blacklegged tick (sometimes called the deer tick), Ixodes scapularis.

The blacklegged (deer) tick is very active during the fall.

Babesiosis is an infection caused by a parasite which is transmitted primarily by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) or western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus).

Manitobans can submit a photo of a blacklegged tick as part of the Blacklegged Tick Passive Surveillance Program.

It is transferred by the black-legged/deer tick and can be treated with medication.

Learn to recognize the blacklegged tick and teach your children to do the same.

They are smaller in size than the common dog (wood) tick, which does not transmit Lyme disease.

Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick, is the primary tick vector of B. burgdorferi in Central and Northeastern North America, and Ixodes pacificus, the western blacklegged tick, is the primary tick vector in the Pacific Northwest.

The Ixodes tick transmits the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria through the skin by a strong but painless bite.

Dogs in Germany are mostly bitten by the black-legged/deer tick or the dermacentor reticulatus.

The Ixodes tick transmits the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria through the skin by a strong but painless bite.

Throughout Manitoba, the greatest risk of coming in contact with a blacklegged tick is in areas where there are established blacklegged tick populations.

blacklegged tick (or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis) in southeastern and south-central regions of Canada

Blacklegged tick (or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis) in southeastern and south-central regions of Canada

In Canada, two types of ticks are responsible for the transmission of Lyme disease: the blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) in British Columbia and the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in the rest of the country.