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Tick on squirrel - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Tick on squirrel - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 9, 2008
This is probably a species of Ixodes. I have a picture of I. marxi in another squirrel's ear. This one is darker.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 January, 2009 - 1:54pm

Looks more like a
Dermacentor variabilis female, I think.
… Hartmut Wisch, 9 January, 2009 - 3:06pm

 
Could be one
I see the resemblence but the online sources I checked require either a look at the underside or a closer view than I have here to see the diagnostic features. I don't know how good general appearance is in identifying ticks.
… John F. Carr, 10 January, 2009 - 4:48pm

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