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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Haemaphysalis » Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
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Tick from rabbit - Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
Copyright © 2011 Peter Bryant

Tick from rabbit - Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
November 18, 2011
Size: ~1mm bl
This was on a white, escaped pet rabbit
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 19 November, 2011 - 8:27am
Last updated 21 November, 2011 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Brown Dog Tick.
… Mike Quinn, 21 November, 2011 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brown Dog Tick.
… Mike Quinn, 21 November, 2011 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 21 November, 2011 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

tick
looks like a male Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 November, 2011 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Tick from rabbit
Could this be the rabbit tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris?...
Found on a rabbit
Distinctive triangular mouthparts
Conspicious festoons
Small size (1mm bl)
… Peter Bryant, 21 November, 2011 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

 
sure looks like it!
Did some snooping around. I wasn't initially familiar with that genus since I mainly know the species that occasionally get on humans.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 November, 2011 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
In NJ
Similar species in NJ and on humans.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/this_is_how_dna_helps_rutgers_scientists_crack_the.html
… John R. Maxwell, 2 July, 2018 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
cool guys
a rare addition in this section.
… v belov, 21 November, 2011 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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