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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Rhipicephalus » Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
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Indoor Tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Copyright © 2015 boxtickman

Indoor Tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
April 4, 2015
Found while breaking down cardboard book boxes in my guest bedroom. Very unexpected as I don't have pets.
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Contributed by boxtickman on 4 April, 2015 - 11:25pm
Last updated 6 April, 2015 - 4:51am

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 April, 2015 - 4:51am login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

The experts should be able to take the ID further.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 April, 2015 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ken. Strikes me as
Thanks, Ken.

Strikes me as either a black legged tick or brown dog tick. Having trouble visually discerning the two, though I'm *supposedly* out of range of the black legged.
… boxtickman, 5 April, 2015 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
Brown dog tick
Looks like Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Festoons at back rule out Ixodes.
… Barry M. OConnor, 5 April, 2015 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

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