Abstract
The concentration of the bloodmeal in the larvae, nymphs, and adult females of the Cayenne tick, Amblyomma cajennense (F.), Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Koch), American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say), and rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard), allowed to feed to repletion on laboratory hosts was determined. The lowest concentration (average: 1.59 times) occurred in the larvae, due to a relatively large proportion of non-blood tissue ingested with the blood. Nymphs showed a much higher concentration (average: 2.39 times), and adult females the highest (average: 2.78 times). Many significant differences were found among the species of ticks.
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