Also known as the Tree-hole tick
Hosts
Blue tit, great tit, barn owl, peregrine falcon, woodpecker, sparrow, jackdaw, starling, house martin, nuthatch, bats
Distribution
Southern England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland
Ixodes arboricola is generally found in birds nests, in tree holes and in the entrances to caves
Pathogenesis
Tick-borne encephalitis virus
Description
Adult female dorsal features
(Specimen courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London)
Adult female dorsal view (click on pictures for a close up)
Adult female ventral features
(Specimen courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London)
Adult female ventral view (click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male dorsal features
(Specimen courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London)
Adult male dorsal view (click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male ventral features
(Specimen courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London)
Adult male ventral view (click on pictures for a close up)
