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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Amblyomma » Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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Amblyomma americanum. - Amblyomma americanum
Copyright © 2020 Dave Barker

Amblyomma americanum. - Amblyomma americanum
29.797499, -100.998049, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
May 21, 2020
Can this 3mm long little tick be identified? I'm curious to know if this is one of the species that might carry any of the various (and serious) tick diseases. Ticks are not common at this locality, but it has been a (relatively) wet year so far and the desert is green and lush. It's good conditions for ticks.
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Contributed by Dave Barker on 23 May, 2020 - 11:35am
Last updated 24 May, 2020 - 8:32am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 24 May, 2020 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Should be a male Amblyomma am
Should be a male Amblyomma americanum.
… ENField, 23 May, 2020 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

 
yup
… Blaine Mathison, 23 May, 2020 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

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