Brown Dog Tick (Larva/Nymph stage)

Typically found indoors in cracks, crevices, or carpeting of homes and kennels, as well as on domestic dogs.

Blood meal from mammals, primarily dogs, at every life stage (larva, nymph, and adult).

They are a 'three-host tick,' meaning they drop off the host after each feeding stage to molt; they are highly adapted to living indoors.

They are major vectors for diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever and canine ehrlichiosis; they have no ecological benefits to humans.