Tick Identification Keys and Learning Aids

KEYS

Simple, Interactive, On-line Key to Adults of the Most Commonly Encountered Ticks in Illinois

LEARNING AND TEACHING AIDS

Autofluorescence Images of Diagnostic Characters Used in Tick Identification Keys

Instructional video:

Gallery of Nymphal Hard Tick Autofluorescence Images: Coming soon!

Common ticks encountered by people and pets in Illinois. Image credit: E. Struckhoff & H. Tuten/INHS Medical Entomology Lab