---
title: "Gulf Coast Tick"
description: "Amblyomma maculatum — Insecten en spinnen. Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/gulf-coast-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gulf Coast Tick

> Amblyomma maculatum — Insecten en spinnen. Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma.

- Scientific name: *Amblyomma maculatum*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3742
- Wikidata: [Q1954292](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1954292)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180017](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180017)

## Names

- en: Gulf Coast Tick
- es: Garrapata de la costa del Golfo

## Countries with the most observations

US (3565), MX (11), CA (9)

## Summary

Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma. Immatures usually infest small mammals and birds that dwell on the ground; cotton rats may be particularly favored hosts. Some recorded hosts include:

Geothlypis trichas
Cardinalis cardinalis
Passerina ciris
Sialia sialis
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Troglodytes aedon
Zonotrichia albicollis
Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
Dama dama
Human (Homo sapiens)
Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
Odocoileus virginianus
Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
Pig (Sus scrofa)
Sylvilagus…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyomma_maculatum

## Photo

![Gulf Coast Tick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gulf-coast-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haley Gladitsch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86860362

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gulf-coast-tick?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).