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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae)
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Ixodidae larva or nymph?
Copyright © 2019 AshleySue

Ixodidae larva or nymph?
Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
August 1, 2019
Size: less than 1mm
I found this tick on me after walking through the Pine Barrens of NJ. This photo was taken through a microscope set at about 40x magnification.
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Contributed by AshleySue on 3 August, 2019 - 11:29am
Last updated 3 August, 2019 - 9:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 3 August, 2019 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Leg count
How many legs does it have? 6 and it's a larva, 8 and it's a nymph. I think I only see 6 in the photo, but I'm not sure.
… Tyler Hedlund, 3 August, 2019 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Leg count
It only has six. Do you know the species?
… AshleySue, 4 August, 2019 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

 
Difficult to ID
Larvae are very difficult to ID. If I had to guess though I'd say Amblyomma americanum. But I'm not certain on that.
… Tyler Hedlund, 4 August, 2019 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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