{"id":17168,"date":"2021-02-22T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tickencounter\/?page_id=17168"},"modified":"2024-12-13T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:35:21","slug":"tick-growth-comparison-charts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tickencounter\/fieldguide\/tick-growth-comparison-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick Growth Comparison Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

See how different species of ticks change appearance<\/strong> as they feed. Note the scutum<\/strong> stays the same size no matter how big the tick grows during feeding. Different types of ticks also transmit different germs<\/strong>. The dose of germs transmitted from an infected tick increases the longer a tick is feeding as does the risk for infection and disease. A day 3 infected tick is riskier than a tick attached for one day or less.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Germs these ticks transmit:<\/h2>

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Babesia microti
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Borrelia miyamotoi
Powassan virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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Germs these ticks transmit:<\/h2>

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Babesia microti
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Borrelia miyamotoi
Powassan virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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Germs these ticks transmit:<\/h2>

Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichia ewingii
Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
Bourbon virus
Heartland virus
Cytauxzoon felis
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Germs these ticks transmit:<\/h2>

Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichia ewingii
Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
Bourbon virus
Heartland virus
Cytauxzoon felis

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Germs these ticks transmit:<\/h2>

Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mtn Spotted fever)
Other spotted fever group Rickettsia
Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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Dig a little deeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This tick grew a pair of legs<\/h2>

Larvae have 6 legs but nymphs and adults have 8. “Where does the extra leg come from?”<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Confused? You’re not the only one.<\/h2>

“My tick had a white spot on it’s underside. I thought the white spot on lone star ticks was on the top side? What kind of tick is this?”

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Time to transmission<\/h2>


Risk for transmission of many tickborne germs increases the longer a tick is attached and feeding. Read a collection of peer-reviewed research.
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