5 Types of Ticks in New Jersey
5 types of ticks have a verified observation record in New Jersey. The most frequently recorded are Lone Star Tick, American Dog Tick and Eastern Black-legged Tick. Here is the full list, ranked by how often each is reported on iNaturalist.
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5 types of ticks have a verified observation record in New Jersey. The most frequently recorded are Lone Star Tick, American Dog Tick and Eastern Black-legged Tick. Here is the full list, ranked by how often each is reported on iNaturalist.
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Real sighting data, source iNaturalist
3,103 verified observations on iNaturalist of tick have been recorded in New Jersey, most often in May, June, April.
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5 types of ticks recorded in New Jersey
5 tick species have a verified observation record in New Jersey, each with at least 10 confirmed sightings. The full list, ranked by how often each is recorded, is below.
1 of the 5 shown is recorded as introduced to New Jersey rather than native.
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Plus 1 more recorded only rarely (fewer than 10 verified sightings). Counts from verified iNaturalist observations.
The Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) is the most commonly recorded, with 1,234 verified observations, about 43% of all ticks reported in New Jersey. If you spot a tick here, it is statistically most likely to be this one.
New Jersey also hosts less common ticks such as Asian Longhorned Tick and Gulf Coast Tick, each recorded fewer than 100 times. These are the species worth a second look when you are out, since a sighting is more notable.
Not every one of these is originally from here. Asian Longhorned Tick is recorded by iNaturalist as introduced in New Jersey rather than native, so it arrived with human help rather than on its own.