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Ixodidae 1st Instar - Haemaphysalis

Ixodidae 1st Instar - Haemaphysalis
Gray Lodge National Wildlife Refuge, Sutter County, California, USA
July 9, 2013
Size: <1 mm
Some sort of tick?

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Ixodidae 1st Instar - Haemaphysalis Ixodidae 1st Instar - Haemaphysalis

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.

Moved
This is the larval (first instar) of a hard tick. The angulate basis capituli suggests Haemaphysalis leporispalustris or Rhipicephalus sanguineus (the shape somewhat favors the former)

Moved from ID Request.

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Removed my initial comment to avoid confusion.

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