This is a common species in BC, and has been collected from many locations throughout the southern half of the province, including Adams Lake, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Big Creek, Birch Island, Boulder, Cranbrook, Burnaby, Cache Creek, Castlegar, Clearwater, Princeton, Creston, Douglas Lake, Kalden, Kelowna, Lilloet, Manning Provincial Park, Merritt, Nelson, Penticton, Richmond, Salmon Arm, Vaseaux Lake, and Vancouver. Higgins (1999) reports this as the tick species that people most often encounter in the Chilcotin-Cariboo.
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