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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Dermacentor
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Tick Larva - dog? - Dermacentor
Copyright © 2012 Noah Charney

Tick Larva - dog? - Dermacentor
Pelham, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2012
Size: 1mm
A student in my class got covered with seed ticks (larvae), probably a thousand or so. I've only seen these larval nests down in Tennessee where they're common as dirt in July/August -typically lone star ticks. Any idea on this species? The two common adult ticks here in MA are dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and deer/black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis), I would guess this looks more like a small dog tick than deer tick, but anyone know for sure? Do all tick species have these egg/larval balls?
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Contributed by Noah Charney on 26 October, 2012 - 10:40pm
Last updated 7 December, 2019 - 5:53pm

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 December, 2019 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Probable Dermacentor
Looks like a Dermacentor larva. Most likely D. variabilis
… Tyler Hedlund, 9 April, 2018 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

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… Ray Fisher, 20 January, 2014 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.

Looks like a larval tick to me. Others will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 October, 2012 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

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