Question: are there ticks in the south?
Answer: If their suspicions are borne out, Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum are the primary ways that Lyme can enter human populations in the South, with three other species — the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum), the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) — ...