Gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) were collected from western TN in 2012-2014. Samples were identified with morphological keys, extracted with the Fermentas extraction kit, and samples were sent
Data frame including: individual IDs (anonymized), their capture weight, the estimated age in hours when caught, the mother ID (again anonymized), mother status when calf was born, sex of the calf and
Methodology: Sampled 271 birds from 16 populations. Samples include both fresh and 142 museum samples. Fresh samples were obtained mainly by mist-netting, but also occasionally by 143 sampling a singl