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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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Red Tick or Something Else? - Amblyomma americanum
Copyright © 2011 Donna at TheNatureInUs.com

Red Tick or Something Else? - Amblyomma americanum
Lake MOnticello, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
May 27, 2011
Size: Tick
I thought this might be a tick when I took a photo of it but upon blowing it up, and it being all red with that unusual spot on the back, I have no idea now. Can anybody help? Thanks, Donna
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Contributed by Donna at TheNatureInUs.com on 1 June, 2011 - 5:12pm
Last updated 26 February, 2013 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 February, 2013 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ray Fisher, 23 September, 2011 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 June, 2011 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a tick
The Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) is similar...



...but there may be other similar species, too, as far as I know. Wait to see what the experts have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 June, 2011 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

 
YUK!
Thanks for letting me know. It's sure far from the Lone Star state here in VA. LOL
… Donna at TheNatureInUs.com, 1 June, 2011 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

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