• An index table such as the one on the left enables you to access a given topic immediately from every page.
  
  
• Links at the bottom of the page allow you to return Home and open the Glossary, Anatomy and Reference pages at any given time.
  
  
• To identify a tick start on the family page and follow the instructions given (by selecting pictures or links).
  
  
• You should finally find a match among the species presented.
  
  
• Additional information concerning tick biology and hosts targeted is also available in Background pages.

To begin tick identification go to identification of family page.