The article presents research data on the study of the fauna of ixodid ticks and their activity in the territory of the Kursk region. In the Kursk region in 2020-2024, 2 species of ixodes mites were recorded: Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794) and Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758). The most common ixodid tick species in the Kursk region is D. reticulatus (57 %), while I. ricinus ranks second in the total proportion of collections (43 %). The proportion of ticks that carry borreliosis, anaplasma, and ehrlichia does not exceed 20 %. Borreliosis is the most common disease, and the percentage of infected ticks ranges from 8,5 % to 13,7 %. Key words: Ixodidae, Dermacentor, Ixodes, ixodes ticks, fauna, Kursk region, tick-borne infections.
Lisovsky et al. (Sun,) studied this question.