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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Amblyomma » Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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Small tick - Amblyomma americanum
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Small tick - Amblyomma americanum
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
April 3, 2007
Size: 2 mm
My students classified this as a "deer tick" because of its small size but it doesn't seem to fit with any of the images in the guide. Thoughts?
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 6 April, 2007 - 9:36pm
Last updated 19 April, 2007 - 9:01am

thank you
Just wanted to say thanks for this picture and the ID ... I just found a tiny sucker like this on me after having bites mysteriously appear for several days (couldn't find it!). It looks exactly like this picture, so I'm very grateful for the ID.
… joot, 6 July, 2008 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ticks.
… Steve Scott, 19 April, 2007 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

you cant really ID
ticks based on size. All ticks come in 3 sizes (small-larvae, medium-nymphs, large-adults). This is absolutely not a deer tick, but it is a nymph of your Lone Star Tick.

What did you find it on?
… Omar Fahmy, 19 April, 2007 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

 
Me
:)
… Steve Scott, 19 April, 2007 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

 
and so it
must be
… Omar Fahmy, 19 April, 2007 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

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