Question: are there ticks in western australia?
Answer: There are two families of ticks found in Australia: hard ticks (family: Ixodidae) and soft ticks (family: Argasidae). The most common hard ticks encountered in Western Australia (WA) are the ornate kangaroo ticks (Amblyomma triguttatum spp) and the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus).