Yukon Winter Tick Guide

This guide describes when and where you might see winter ticks. Help researchers better understand the current range extent of winter tick in Yukon by taking photos and reporting your sightings of ticks or evidence of their presence in the iNat Yukon Winter Tick Monitoring Project!

All 7

Winter tick ¹
Dermacentor albipictus

Moose ²
Alces americanus

Wapiti ³
Cervus canadensis

American Elk ⁴
Cervus canadensis canadensis

Mule and White-tailed Deer ⁵
Odocoileus

Barren-ground Caribou ⁶
Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus

Woodland Caribou
Rangifer tarandus caribou

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Yukon Winter Tick Guide

Winter tick 1 Dermacentor albipictus

Moose 2 Alces americanus

Wapiti 3 Cervus canadensis

American Elk 4 Cervus canadensis canadensis

Mule and White-tailed Deer 5 Odocoileus

Barren-ground Caribou 6 Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus

Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou