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Non-native tick - Amblyomma cajennense - female
Copyright © 2014 Bill Gerth

Non-native tick - Amblyomma cajennense - Female
Portland, OR, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
January 29, 2014
Found on a person in Portland, OR. Not sure if/where he had been traveling, but this species does not usually occur in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks for ID help to Blaine Mathison, William Nicholson, and Dmitry Apanaskevich.

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Non-native tick - Amblyomma cajennense - female Non-native tick - Amblyomma cajennense - female
Contributed by Bill Gerth on 7 February, 2014 - 8:06am
Last updated 8 November, 2018 - 1:52pm

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