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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Dermacentor » American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
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American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - male
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 14, 2009
Size: 2.5mm
Deer tick?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 15 April, 2009 - 7:16am
Last updated 11 August, 2010 - 6:56am

more like a
Dermacentor sp.
… Omar Fahmy, 15 April, 2009 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Bingo
This illustration shows the pattern best ...



So, this is what they look like before they are engorged? Thanks, Omar.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 April, 2009 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
yup
they get much much bigger
… Omar Fahmy, 15 April, 2009 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't engorge
Adult male hard ticks don't engorge.
… Jon Oliver, 2 May, 2009 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Ixodidae
It looks like a hard bodied tick, possibly genus Ixodes
… Chris C, 15 April, 2009 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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