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Is there a difference? - Dermacentor variabilis
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Is there a difference? - Dermacentor variabilis
Lakewood, Wisconsin, USA
June 15, 2006
Is there a difference between a wood tick and an American Dog Tick?
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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 16 June, 2006 - 11:52pm
Last updated 6 July, 2006 - 8:07am

Two names for the same thing, I believe
- unless you are referring to the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick - but your location rules that out.

Here's the guide page. This one appears to be a female.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 June, 2006 - 6:02am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to guide page.
… Lynette Schimming, 6 July, 2006 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

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