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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Amblyomma » Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum)
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Dog Tick? - Amblyomma maculatum
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Dog Tick? - Amblyomma maculatum
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
July 15, 2007
These were big ticks! I guess they are male and female? The gold "flames" are nice.
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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 16 July, 2007 - 12:22am
Last updated 6 August, 2008 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from Dermacentor.
… Ray Simpson, 6 August, 2008 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

S. Cannon is correct
These are A. maculatum. Note the elongate mouthparts. If the magnification were higher, you would see that the second palpal segment (from the base) is greater than 2x the length of the third palpal segment. This is a good character for differentiating Amblyomma from most other NA genera, possibly excepting Bothriokroton/Aponomma. Such pretty ticks.
… Jon Oliver, 5 August, 2008 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
… Ray Simpson, 16 July, 2007 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Dermacentor sp.
Don't know how to tell the species apart, but 'large' ticks like this are almost always in the genus Dermacentor. The mouthparts are also distinctive, when compared to Ixodes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2007 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
This looks like Amblyomma mac
This looks like Amblyomma maculatum. Male and Female
… S. Cannon, 12 November, 2007 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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