Seasonal Activity of Adult Ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in the North-West of the Distribution Area.

The taiga tick (Schulze, 1930) (Acari, Ixodidae) is the main vector of the tick-borne encephalitis virus and one of the most widespread species of ixodid ticks in the Palaearctic. In this paper, we present long-term data on the seasonal activity of adult ticks in the north-west of their distribution. The seasonal activity of was studied from 1982 to 1990 and from 2012 to 2023 in the middle taiga subzone of Karelia (N62.