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Tick - Dermacentor variabilis
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Tick - Dermacentor variabilis
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 30, 2009
Size: 3 mm
Drinking a squirrel
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 1 May, 2009 - 12:48pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 4:05pm

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2009 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Dermacentor variabilis - American Dog Tick (female)
is what it resembles. I don't know what else may look just like it, though.
… Lynette Schimming, 1 May, 2009 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I thought so too
It does look like one, and I also don't know what else looks like one.
… John F. Carr, 1 May, 2009 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

???:-)
They make liquid squirrels now? Kinda like the solid beers that Bud Light is trying to compete with via its "drinkability" slogan?
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 May, 2009 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Not a Bloody Mary?
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2009 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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