IFAS Extension
Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
Michael R. Patnaude and Thomas N. Mather
Release Date: 5/28/2025
Agriculture
Abstract
A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management
About this Publication
This document is EENY-143, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2000. Revised December 2014 and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Michael R. Patnaude, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL; and Thomas N. Mather, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.
Contacts
Elena Rhodes
staff
University of Florida
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology