Western Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes pacificus)
Transmits anaplasmosis, borrelia burgdorferi and b. miyamotoi (both of which cause Lyme disease).
Groundhog Tick (Ixodes cookei)
Otherwise known as the woodchuck tick, this arthropod transmits Powassan virus disease.
American Dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis):
Transmits anaplasmosis, feline cytauxzoonosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick paralysis disease, and tularemia.
Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
Transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever, canine babesiosis, canine haemobartonellosis, canine ehrlichiosis and tick paralysis disease.
