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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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Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - Female
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 12, 2018
Size: 9 mm not incl. capitulum
Found attached to a Chihuahua dog
Coordinates: 31.335348, -110.937918
I submitted photos to Tickencounter.org, which replied saying:
"OH YIKES....you've encountered an adult female brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus). This one looks like it was attached and feeding for about 5 days."
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Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female Engorged Rhipicephalus sanguineus? - Rhipicephalus sanguineus - female
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 14 August, 2018 - 4:24pm
Last updated 27 December, 2020 - 12:08am

Agreed
Female R. sanguineus. Not sure about the feeding length (I don't have much experience in that), but certainly attached for at least a couple days.
… Tyler Hedlund, 24 August, 2018 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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… Salvador Vitanza, 14 August, 2018 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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