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This was clinging to a grass blade along my walking path. - Dermacentor - female
Copyright © 2008 Mark Fox

This was clinging to a grass blade along my walking path. - Dermacentor - Female
Brazelier Island, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 18, 2008
I was not thrilled to see this at my research site. Forewarned is four-armed I suppose.

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This was clinging to a grass blade along my walking path. - Dermacentor - female This was clinging to a grass blade along my walking path. - Dermacentor - female
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 20 August, 2008 - 9:40am

It just wants to give you a hug.
Once on a very narrow trail, I saw a small then-unidentified insect perched like so. I fired off one shot, before a jogger edged me out of the way and bumped the twig with a bare leg. Bug gone! When I got the image in the computer, I saw something pretty much like yours.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 August, 2008 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

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