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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Leptopodomorpha » Shore Bugs (Saldidae) » Unidentified Immatures
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not a tick, a SHORE bug
Copyright © 2013 Ilze V-G.

not a tick, a SHORE bug
Misery Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
June 9, 2013
Size: approx 3mm
Found this tiny dark insect under a rock near the waters of Lake Huron. Is it a tick?
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Contributed by Ilze V-G. on 13 June, 2013 - 10:59am
Last updated 6 May, 2015 - 11:17pm

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Moved from Shore Bugs.
… Brad Barnd, 6 May, 2015 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

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… Ilze V-G., 14 June, 2013 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

not a tick
I am unfamiliar with this species but can tell you it is not a tick as it only has 6 legs. Ticks are arachnids and have 8. The antennae are positioned in a way that made me need to count carefully to be sure.
… Cobweb, 13 June, 2013 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
I did not know that ticks are arachnids!
Is this then a water bug of some kind?
… Ilze V-G., 13 June, 2013 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
definitely a heteropteran, but not a water bug; periaquatic one?
very hard to tell for want of detail, but given the habitus & habitat Saldidae would be my best guess
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… v belov, 13 June, 2013 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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