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Genus Dermacentor

Dermacentor albipictus · Rocky Mountain Wood Tick · Pacific Coast Tick · Western Dog Tick · American Dog Tick

Species Dermacentor albipictus
Male Winter Tick, Dermacentor albipictus (Packard, 1869) - Dermacentor albipictus - male Male Winter Tick, Dermacentor albipictus (Packard, 1869) - Dermacentor albipictus - male Dermacentor albipictus - male Dermacentor albipictus - male Dermacentor albipictus - male winter tick - Dermacentor albipictus - female winter tick - Dermacentor albipictus - female winter tick - Dermacentor albipictus - female

Species Dermacentor andersoni - Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
Dermacentor variabilis -- female dog tick ? - Dermacentor andersoni - female Tick?? If so, the largest tick(s) I have ever seen!! - Dermacentor andersoni Ixodidae - Dermacentor andersoni - male Tick - Dermacentor andersoni Tick - Dermacentor andersoni Dermacentor sp. - Dermacentor andersoni Dermacentor sp. - Dermacentor andersoni Dermacentor sp. - Dermacentor andersoni - male

Species Dermacentor occidentalis - Pacific Coast Tick
Dermacentor occidentalis - male tick - Dermacentor occidentalis - male Tick - Dermacentor occidentalis Tick - Dermacentor occidentalis tick - Dermacentor occidentalis Unknown Tick (Pacific Coast Tick?) - Dermacentor occidentalis Dermacentor occidentalis Dermacentor occidentalis - male

Species Dermacentor similis - Western Dog Tick
American Dog Tick - Dermacentor similis - female Tick found on my Dog! - Dermacentor similis - female tick - Dermacentor similis tick - Dermacentor similis tick - Dermacentor similis American dog tick - Dermacentor similis - male American dog tick - Dermacentor similis - male American dog tick - Dermacentor similis - male

Species Dermacentor variabilis - American Dog Tick
Came to my window - Dermacentor variabilis - male Wood Tick, or American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) - Dermacentor variabilis - female American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - male American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - female Dermacentor variabilis - American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - female Dermacentor variabilis - female Dermacentor variabilis - female ? tick - Dermacentor variabilis


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