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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Ixodes » Black-legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
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Tick - Ixodes scapularis
Copyright © 2016 Mark H Brown

Tick - Ixodes scapularis
Hawkeye Wildlife Area, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
May 13, 2016
Size: 1.5 mm
Just pulled this off of my hip

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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 13 May, 2016 - 10:17pm
Last updated 18 April, 2017 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 April, 2017 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Broken hypostome
The hypostome and one of the palps broke off so we don't have a great view of the shape of the capitulum, but from what I can see on one of the palps, I'm going to say genus Ixodes.
… Tyler Hedlund, 20 July, 2016 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

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