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American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 23, 2005
Size: 6mm
Is this a Dog Tick?
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Contributed by tom murray on 24 April, 2005 - 8:17pm
Last updated 24 January, 2006 - 8:20am

Ticks
We are up to our necks in ticks in TN! You found this in MA?
… DeeDee, 26 April, 2008 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
Plenty of ticks here too
The deer ticks and dog ticks are out in good numbers around Massachusetts now. Any time in the grass usually results in a few crawling up my pants legs.
… tom murray, 26 April, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Dermacentor variabilis male?
looks like the one on....http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/MedEnt/TickBioFS/TickBioFS.html They have it spelled Deracentor on their site.
… Lynette Schimming, 25 April, 2005 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

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