Around Arizona
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local tick information
Tick control in Arizona
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Ticks in Arizona: what to know
What to note
Where you see ticks, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Ticks in Arizona: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which ticks actually live in Arizona, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
16
Lyme disease cases reported, 2023
Counts are confirmed plus probable; high-incidence jurisdictions report on lab evidence alone, so cross-state comparisons favor the same year.
CDCEndemic in 2 tribal communities since 2003 (5–10 cases/yr, about 11% case fatality); spread to 4 more Indigenous Nations 2009–2011
Brown dog tick RMSF
Arizona RMSF is a dog-and-home tick problem; treatment centers on dogs, kennels, and structures.
CDC Emerging Infectious DiseasesTick species recorded in Arizona
- Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) — Lives on dogs and inside kennels and homes; the RMSF vector in Arizona tribal communities.
- Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) — Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, tularemia.
When ticks are busiest in Arizona
Rocky Mountain wood tick is a spring-active species (CDC range: Rocky Mountain states at 4,000–10,500 ft elevation); brown dog ticks around homes and dogs are not seasonal in the same way.
Region in src/config/tick-regions.ts: mountain-west.
Rules that apply in Arizona
For context, nationally
Sources: CDC; CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases; Where ticks live. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
