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Squirrel ear tick
Copyright © 2007 John F. Carr

Squirrel ear tick
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 29, 2007
I'm posting this despite the poor quality because it may be an underrepresented family on bugguide. There was an outbreak of ticks on my friendly local squirrels last spring. The one below is a different tick on a different squirrel, identified as probably a soft tick, a family (Argasidae) for which bugguide does not even have a page:
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 3 October, 2007 - 11:13am
Last updated 31 October, 2007 - 11:39am

Seem different...
Now these ticks look different than the first. More of the hard-bodied kind? They look like Wood Ticks to me.
… Cassie, 3 October, 2007 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
Could be a wood tick. There's also a species of Ixodes called "squirrel tick". My pictures may not be good enough to tell the difference, even if there were a picture of Ixodes marxi on the internet which as far as I can tell there isn't.

Do you think they are both the same species?
… John F. Carr, 6 October, 2007 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

....
I only have a question. Are you zooming to get these pics or are the squirrels pets ?
They can't be wild because these things are like a buzz saw with a tail!
… Sam Houston, 3 October, 2007 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Squirrels like me
These are tame suburban squirrels. They will eat from my hand. The tick pictures were taken from about two feet away.
… John F. Carr, 3 October, 2007 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok....
I guess I'm used to country squirrels that would be just as content to bite your face off as to look at you if you get to close or attempt to touch one.
… Sam Houston, 3 October, 2007 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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