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Unknown Tick - Ixodes pacificus

Unknown Tick - Ixodes pacificus
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 26, 2011
Size: 3-4mm
Soquel is probably the Dog Tick capitol of the world. But this is something else. It is a little smaller than the all-to-familiar dog ticks

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Possibly
Possibly a black legged tick?

 
Agreed!
Thanks, Karl!

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